Meditation Quotes - Page 21

• My own interest in Yoga came from a vague understanding of Indian thought and Indian philosophy in the late sixties and early seventies and from looking at the idea of meditation and at what meditation was.

  Paul Harvey

  Philosophy, Yoga, Ideas

  Source: www.yogastudies.org

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• Meditation has been an anchor throughout my life - it helps me feel balance, connected and at peace.

  Mallika Chopra

  Anchors, Balance, Helping

  Interview with Amber Zuckswert, epicself.com. October 28, 2011.

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• I was trained in the Society of the Inner Light. Now that requires that you spend a certain amount of time in meditation, it also requires that you spend this time in early morning, because they say you're closer to the sleep state at that point.

  Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki

  Morning, Sleep, Light

  Interview with Mark Stavish, www.servantsofthelight.org. June 10, 1996.

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• I do feel that a poem needs not just space, but, ideally, space around that space - space for meditation, reverie, subliminal link-ups. I sense that poetry happens at a level above or below intelligence. It doesn't come into being at a purely rational level.

  Michael Longley

  Space, Needs, Links

  Source: www.poetrymagazines.org.uk

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• There are many different techniques and forms of meditation. The common element among these techniques is that the person takes time out from the daily pace of life to close their eyes and reflect on thoughts or images that create internal feelings of peace and relaxation.

  Tim McCarthy

  Eye, Feelings, Relaxation

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• Simple techniques for meditation can involve repetition of spiritually focused words, thoughts or ideas that help one feel at peace mentally and physically.

  Tim McCarthy

  Simple, Ideas, Technique

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• Doing meditation you may need to experiment to discover what kinds of thoughts are best for your own unique interests and situation. For you it might be a repetitive "mantra," or simply an open state of watching your breath, like in the Buddhist tradition.

  Tim McCarthy

  Buddhist, Unique, May

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• There is a common misunderstanding that during meditation the mind should never engage in processing thoughts. It is okay in meditation for the mind to move into many different directions, while at the same time attempting to return to a centered, relaxed state of mind.

  Tim McCarthy

  Moving, Mind, Return

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• In meditation, it is difficult, if not impossible, for most people to become devoid of all mental thoughts, so what we want to do is fill the mind with those thoughts that induce positive feelings of peace, relaxation or happiness.

  Tim McCarthy

  People, Feelings, Mind

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• The end goal of meditation is to do whatever helps slow your mind down, in order to achieve a peaceful, positive state of mind and body.

  Tim McCarthy

  Order, Goal, Peaceful

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• I suggest people simply start off meditation by practicing twice a day for 5 - 10 minutes, and explore what it's like to meditate. The stress reduction and mental peace starts to become a highly desirable state. After all, it's great to let go of the worries of life!

  Tim McCarthy

  Letting Go, Stress, Worry

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• I think for me to do a traditional sitting meditation I would really have to spend a couple weeks working at it. The only way I know how to efficiently, effectively meditate is by walking in nature.

  Brett Dennen

  Couple, Thinking, Sitting

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• In the beginning of my twenties, I started transcendental meditation. For years I did nothing else. Every holiday I went to courses. Meditation is a real simple instrument. You don't need a long beard or a sari. It's meant to bring you to yourself. It's as easy as that. And that's what it's all about, being alone with yourself every day, for 20 minutes in the morning and 20 minutes in the evening.

  Peter Lindbergh

  Morning, Real, Holiday

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Doing a show is very similar to what meditation is supposed to be: being there and being present in that space and time.

  Gift of Gab

  Space, Being There, Shows

  Source: www.billboard.com

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• Yoga is a philosophy of discipline and meditation that transforms the spirit and makes the individual a better person in thought, action, knowledge and devotion.

  Narendra Modi

  Philosophy, Yoga, Discipline

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• Spiritual meditation is the pathway to Divinity. It is a mystic ladder which reaches from earth to heaven, from error to Truth, from pain to peace.

  James Allen

  Spiritual, Pain, Errors

  James Allen (2015). “The Way to Peace”, p.5, Lulu.com

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• In our prayer and meditation we hope for fulfilling ordinary life.

  Thomas Moore

  Life, Prayer, Ordinary

  Thomas Moore (1992). “Care of the soul: a guide for cultivating depth and sacredness in everyday life”, Harpercollins

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• A few moments of silence may be all the meditation we need at times. Our homes could have a little space for withdrawal and quiet, and even a small garden could offer some distance from noise.

  Thomas Moore

  Distance, Home, Garden

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• Prayer is the peace of our spirit, the stillness of our thoughts, the evenness of recollection, the seat of meditation, the rest of our cares and the calm of our tempest; prayer is the issue of a quiet mind, of untroubled thoughts, it is the daughter of charity, and the sister of meekness.

  Jeremy Taylor

  Daughter, Prayer, Issues

  Jeremy Taylor (1834). “The Beauties of J. Taylor: Selected from His Works with an Essay on His Life and Writings”, p.12

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• Be still and turn within to the great source.

  Charles Fillmore

  Source, Turns, Stills

  Charles Fillmore (2013). “Prosperity: Spiritual Secrets to an Abundant Life”, p.24, Courier Corporation

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• J.S. Bach was easily the greatest musical innovator in the history of the world. He was so advanced for his time. There's a spiritual depth to his music. You can listen to it and it's like meditation.

  Brian Wilson

  Spiritual, Musical, Depth

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• I think most people see drawing as subservient to the subject, a sort of meditation, a studying, a searching observation, in my case, for its own sake.

  Peter Wright

  Thinking, Drawing, People

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• When we cultivate mystical awareness or transcendent identity--which is a natural outgrowth of meditation and other practices--what happens is that we begin to take a witness position on our own lives, and that includes our minds. We break the illusion that we think our own thoughts, which is not always the case. Some ideas just arrive in our heads.

  James Redfield

  Thinking, Practice, Ideas

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• Be like a river in generosity and giving help. Be like a sun in tenderness and pity. Be like night when covering other's faults. Be like a dead when furious and angry. Be like earth in modesty and humbleness. Be like a sea in tolerance. Be as you are or as you look like.

  Rumi

  Night, Sea, Rivers

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• Zazen is seated meditation-the opposite of contemplation-the emptying of the mind of all thoughts in order simply to be. In the midst of all evil, not a thought is aroused in the mind-this is called za. Seeing into one's Self-nature, not being moved at all-this is called Zen.

  Huineng

  Self, Order, Opposites

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