Quotes About Meditation

Caminar no consuela. Caminar hace pensar. Cada paso argumenta.

Por lo menos no supe encontrar otra cosa que me consolase tanto del pequeño exceso de soledad que se había refugiado en mí.

I ink, therefore I ham.

The human brain is like a TV set. When it goes blank, it's time to turn off the sound.

You have the Answer. Just get quiet enough to hear it.

I learned without her saying a word that there are truly many ways to pray, and lighting a candle is one of them.

Jesus said, "But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret.

It occurred to me that when I begin to write, I open myself and wait. And when I turn toward an inner spiritual awareness, I open myself and wait.

To pray is to open oneself completely, intimately, into the Presence that is beyond our ability to name.

Yoga is the practice of quieting the mind.

Peace can be reached through meditation on the knowledge which dreams give. Peace can also be reached through concentration upon that which is dearest to the heart.

We are hardwired to remember negative events over positive ones, so we ruminate on our mistakes and the slights of others. Our ability to use language means that we can spend hours mentally criticizing what we did in the past or worrying about what we'll do in the future. No wonder we love dogs, who don't need meditation retreats to get over the shame of getting into the garbage last Thursday.

Can you hear the silence? It's the good kind of silence, not the silence that listens back.

So, get still and listen to the soul. What do you want?

But this is the slowed-down season held fast by darkness and if no one comes to keep you company then keep watch over your own solitude. In that stillness, you will learn with your whole body the significance of cold and the night, which is otherwise always eluding you. — Patricia Fargnoli, closing lines to "Winter Grace," Winter (Hobblebush Books, 2013)

I already know (or believe—which comes to the same thing in my Catholic worldview) that daydreaming doesn't make things up. It sees things. Claims things, twirls them around, takes a good look. Possesses them. Embraces them.Makes something of them. Makes sense. Or music. How restful it is, how full of motion. My first paradox.

To Philosophize Is to Learn to Die

head, and then

Daily scripture reading is like maintaining a healthy diet ... When we read and meditate on the Bible, the Holy Spirit strengthens our faith and nourishes us with a deeper understanding of God's will for our lives. We may not remember everything we read, but our hearts will glow with good health.

All I could do was think. You try doing nothing but thinking for a few months. It's a very useful exercise for shaking some of the chaff out of your life.

sound of snipping growing softer outside the window, Leo

The soul needs feeding - where "feeding" signifies heeding.

We cultivate soul by seeking depth, interiority, and connectedness - in short, by exercising imagination.

When we pray the Psalter, then, the words are not spoken in our own voice. We put on, rather, what St. Paul called "the mind of Christ.