Meditation Quotes - Page 2

• Meditation is listening to the divine within

  Edgar Cayce

  Spiritual, Wisdom, Meditation Practice

  Edgar Cayce (2010). “Meditation, Prayer & Affirmations”, p.13, ARE Press

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• When you go into the space of nothingness, everything becomes known.

  Gautama Buddha

  Happiness, Space, Known

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• When the mind goes beyond the thought of 'the me,' the experiencer, the observer, the thinker, then there is a possibility of a happiness that is incorruptible.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Inspirational Life, Mind, Calming

  Jiddu Krishnamurti (1991). “The Collected Works of J. Krishnamurti, (1953-1955): What Are You Seeking?”, Kendall Hunt Publishing Company

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• Meditation is a mental discipline that enables us to do one thing at a time.

  Max Picard

  Discipline, One Thing At A Time, One Thing

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• The soul loves to meditate, for in contact with the Spirit lies its greatest joy. If, then you experience mental resistance during meditation, remember that reluctance to meditate comes from the ego; it doesn't belong to the soul.

  Paramahansa Yogananda

  Lying, Yoga, Joy

  Paramahansa Yogananda (1990). “The Essence of Self-Realization: The Wisdom of Paramhansa Yogananda”, Crystal Clarity Pubs

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• When we raise ourselves through meditation to what unites us with the spirit, we quicken something within us that is eternal and unlimited by birth and death. Once we have experienced this eternal part in us, we can no longer doubt its existence. Meditation is thus the way to knowing and beholding the eternal, indestructible, essential centre of our being.

  Rudolf Steiner

  Practice, Knowing, Doubt

  Rudolf Steiner (1994). “How to Know Higher Worlds”, p.36, SteinerBooks

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• So meditation is not really mind-effort. Real meditation is not effort at all. Real meditation is just allowing the mind to have its own way, and not interfering in any way whatsoever - just remaining watchful, witnessing. It silences, by and by, it becomes still. One day it is gone. You are left alone.

  Rajneesh

  Real, Silence, Effort

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• The Way to do is to be.

  Laozi

  Taoism, Way

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• Meditation is the discovery that the point of life is always arrived at in the immediate moment.

  Alan Watts

  Life, Inspiring, Yoga

  Alan Watts (1977). “The essence of Alan Watts”, Celestial Arts Publishing Company

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• A purified mind can grasp anything. It can dive deep into the subtlest subject and understand even transcendental things.

  Sivananda

  Mind, Transcendental, Subjects

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• One does not practice meditation to become a great meditator. We meditate to wake up and live, to become skilled at the art of living.

  Elizabeth Lesser

  Art, Meditation Practice, Doe

  Elizabeth Lesser (2008). “The Seeker's Guide: Making Your Life a Spiritual Adventure”, p.115, Ballantine Books

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• Meditation practice is like piano scales, basketball drills, ballroom dance class. Practice requires discipline; it can be tedious; it is necessary. After you have practiced enough, you become more skilled at the art form itself. You do not practice to become a great scale player or drill champion. You practice to become a musician or athlete. Likewise, one does not practice meditation to become a great meditator. We meditate to wake up and live, to become skilled at the art of living.

  Elizabeth Lesser

  Basketball, Art, Athlete

  Elizabeth Lesser (2008). “The Seeker's Guide: Making Your Life a Spiritual Adventure”, p.115, Ballantine Books

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• Every time you have a chance, go within and do your meditation.

  Dharma Mittra

  Yoga, Chance

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• Through the practice of meditation and the auric empowerments and guidance of an enlightened master, you can totally change your karmic destiny.

  Frederick Lenz

  Destiny, Practice, Empowerment

  Frederick Lenz (1994). “Surfing the Himalayas: conversations and travels with Master Fwap”, Interglobal Seminars

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• Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.

  Gautama Buddha

  Wisdom, Yoga, Ignorance

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• The mind creates all the problems for an individual or for the collective. One has to go beyond the mind into thoughtless awareness, where there is peace.

  Nirmala Srivastava

  Love, Wisdom, Yoga

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• Meditation is that exercise of the mind, whereby it recalls a known truth, as some kinds of creatures do their food, to be ruminated upon, until all the nutritious parts are extracted, and fitted for the purposes of life.

  George Horne

  Exercise, Mind, Recalls

  "A commentary on the Book of psalms". ed. by C. Bradley,

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• It is better to meditate a little bit with depth than to mediate long with the mind running here and there. If you do not make an effort to control the mind it will go on doing as it pleases, no matter how long you sit to meditate.

  Paramahansa Yogananda

  Running, Inspiration, Practice

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• Meditation gives you an opportunity to come to know your invisible self. It allows you to empty yourself of the endless hyperactivity of your mind, and to attain calmness. It teaches you to be peaceful, to remove stress, to receive answers where confusion previously reigned.

  Wayne Dyer

  Stress, Opportunity, Self

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• Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Inspiration, Meditation Practice, Meditation And Yoga

  FaceBook post by Sharon Salzberg from Oct 13, 2013

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• The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Wisdom

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• Reading makes a full man, meditation a profound man, discourse a clear man.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Book, Reading, Knowledge

  Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, Nayika Publishing

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• Mindfulness isn't difficult, we just need to remember to do it.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Inspiration, Meditation Practice, Mindfulness

  FaceBook post by Sharon Salzberg from Sep 16, 2013

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• There is only one meditation - the rigorous refusal to harbor thoughts.

  Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

  Inspiration, Meditation Practice, Refusal

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• He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Happiness, Peace, Philosophical

  Attributed in "The Life You Were Born to Live : Finding Your Life Purpose" by Dan Millman, (Pt. 2, Ch. 2), 1995.

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