Quotes About Meditation

Action by itself is blind, reflection impotent.

It does not matter whether we see or we not-see, as long as we are in control of what is happening to us. The same person can meditate in the morning and shut out all sensory experience, and then look at a great work of art in the afternoon; either way he may be transformed by the same sense of exhilaration.

W]hat we call religion is actually the oldest and most ambitious attempt to create order in consciousness. It therefore makes sense that religious rituals would be a profound source of enjoyment.

one's neighbors, and think about God—if these are the things one has decided are worth pursuing. But it is difficult to accomplish any of them unless one has earlier acquired the habit of using solitude

Whosoever is delighted in solitude," goes the old saying that Francis Bacon repeated, "is either a wild beast or a god.

One can survive solitude, but only if one finds ways of ordering attention that will prevent entropy from destructuring the mind.

The same person can meditate in the morning and shut out all sensory experience, and then look at a great work of art in the afternoon; either way he may be transformed by the same sense of exhilaration.

Entropy is the normal state of consciousness—a condition that is neither useful nor enjoyable. To

By learning to concentrate, a person acquires control over psychic energy, the basic fuel upon which all thinking depends.

When attention is focused, minor aches and pains have no chance to register in consciousness.

la soledad es el patrimonio de la edad adulta.

She counted absent-mindedly on her

Inhale deeply without forcing yourself. Exhale and feel that all the tension in your body is breathed out with your exhalation. • Inhale deeply without forcing yourself. Exhale and feel that your body becomes very relaxed.

Inhale deeply one more time without forcing yourself. Exhale and feel that your body and mind become very relaxed.

Shut the world out, withdraw from all worldly thoughts and occupations, and shut yourself in alone with God, to pray to Him in secret. Let this be your chief object in prayer: to realize the presence of your heavenly Father.1 —ANDREW MURRAY

1. Set a schedule for regular prayer times. A schedule establishes when you will pray. 2. Make a prayer list. A prayer list helps you to focus on what to pray. 3. Cultivate a right view of God. A right view of God causes you to want to pray.

Finding solitude in the concrete jungle is powerful and peaceful.

Anxiety is a deep conscious breath away from dissolving.

The peace you seek is there, it's there between all the traffic in your mind, stop and rest for peace will find you if you let it.

The world takes us nowhere, except within.

The thinking you, as you have sensed, is not a product of your brain; it is channeled by your brain.

I shuddered at the thought and from that point on did my best to stop thinking.

There are different things one can do to establish and hasten the peace process. Meditation is one way.

When I'm alone, I work sometimes with music, sometimes without and sometimes just listening to NPR.