Quotes about meditation
meditation mind body
To meditate is to observe yourself, for you are totally responsible for your body, mind, thought. Jiddu Krishnamurti
meditation mind empty
The mind has to be empty to see clearly.
meditation listening mind
Meditation is not the pursuit of an invisible path leading to some imaginal bliss. The meditative mind is seeing, watching, listening, without the word, without comment, without opinion, attentive to the movement of life in all its relationships throughout the day.
meditation choices understanding
In awareness there is no becoming, there is no end to be gained. There is silent observation without choice and condemnation, from which there comes understanding.
meditation mind inquiry
Meditation is not a process of learning how to meditate; it is the very inquiry into what is meditation. To inquire into what is meditation, the mind must free itself from what it has learnt about meditation, and the freeing of the mind from what it has learnt is the beginning of meditation.
meditation-practice mind quiet
To understand the immeasurable, the mind must be extraordinarily quiet, still.
meditation brain perception
Perception without the word, which is without thought, is one of the strangest phenomena. Then the perception is much more acute, not only with the brain, but also with all the senses. Such perception is not the fragmentary perception of the intellect nor the affair of the emotions. It can be called a total perception, and it is part of meditation.
meditation action
Meditation is not to get out of society, to escape from society, but to prepare for a reentery into society. Nhat Hanh
meditation trying our-society
We try many ways to be awake, but our society still keeps us forgetful. Meditation is to help us remember.
meditation feelings mind
Meditation is to be aware of what is going on in your body, in your feelings, in your mind, and in the world.
meditation preparation
Meditation is not an escape from life... but preparation for really being in life.
meditation tools elements
Meditation is, first of all, a tool for surveying our territory so we can know what is going on. With the energy of mindfulness, we can calm things down, understand them, and bring harmony back to the conflicting elements inside us.
meditation society acting
Meditation is not to escape from society, but to come back to ourselves and see what is going on. Once there is seeing, there must be acting. With mindfulness, we know what to do and what not to do to help.
meditation-practice silence understanding
Meditation is not passive sitting in silence. It is sitting in awareness, free from distraction, and realizing the clear understanding that arises from concentration.
meditation secret relaxation
Total relaxation is the secret to enjoying sitting meditation. I sit with my spine upright, but not rigid; and I relax all the muscles in my body.
meditation-practice anchors walking-meditation
Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.
meditation doing-nothing
I'm also good at meditation. It involves doing nothing and everything at the same time. Mike Oldfield
meditation moments
Our greatest experiences are our quietest moments. Friedrich Nietzsche
meditation mind sitting
You can marry the Buddha, and after a few months you will find on the human form the Buddha, too, has his limitations. There may be things that the mind reacts to and irritates you about the Buddha. "Why is he sitting over there in meditation?" Eckhart Tolle
meditation challenges everyday
I do not put much emphasis on periods of meditation - if you do meditation, it's fine - but the important thing is to bring the awareness into everyday life, into every little action that you do, into the varied challenges of everyday life.
meditation essentials stillness
Stillness is your essential nature.
meditation mind earth
If your mind is still... You can sense the peace that emanates from the earth.
meditation desire awareness
If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire. Simone Weil
meditation helping holy
Holy meditation helps to burn out all mental impurities. Swami Vivekananda
meditation divine-power watches
[S]tand aside and watch the working of the divine power in yourself. Sri Aurobindo
meditation able wealth
When we meditate, what we actually do is enter into the deeper part of our being. At that time, we are able to bring to the fore the wealth that we have deep within us. Sri Chinmoy
meditation use want
Meditation is the language of God. If we want to know what God's Will is in our life, if we want God to guide us, mould us and fulfil Himself in and through us, then meditation is the language that we must use.
meditation important may
Through concentration we become one-pointed and through meditation we expand our consciousness into the Vast. But in contemplation we grow into the Vast itself. We have seen the Truth. We have felt the Truth. But the most important thing is to grow into the Truth and become totally one with the Truth. If we are concentrating on God, we may feel God right in front of us or besides us. When we are meditating, we are bound to feel Infinity, Eternity, Immortality within us. But when we are contemplating, we will see that we ourselves are Infinity, Eternity, Immortality.
meditation soul mind
When we meditate, what we actually do is enter into a vacant, calm, still, silent mind. We go deep within and approach our true existence, which is our soul. When we live in the soul, we feel that we are actually meditating spontaneously
meditation vision one-thing
Meditation tells you only one thing: God is. Meditation reveals to you only one truth: yours is the vision of God.
meditation joy world
If you want to simplify your life, meditation is the answer. If you want to fulfil your life, meditation is the answer. If you want to have joy and offer joy to the world at large, then meditation is the only answer.
meditation silence speak
Meditation speaks. It speaks in silence.
meditation height my-own
Even now when I am answering a question I am at the height of my own meditation.