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  Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.

  Rumi

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• ..if the beginning of the thought or theory is not rooted in reality, the end or the final results of such a thought or theory could well be disastrous in practice.

  Nirmala Srivastava

  Yoga, Reality, Practice

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• Meditation is not passive sitting in silence. It is sitting in awareness, free from distraction, and realizing the clear understanding that arises from concentration.

  Nhat Hanh

  Meditation Practice, Silence, Understanding

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2008). “Present Moment Wonderful Moment: Mindfulness Verses for Daily Living: Easyread Large Bold Edition”, p.41, ReadHowYouWant.com

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  Sleep is the best meditation.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Wisdom

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• When you read a book, you generate beta waves irrespective of the book's content. But if you look up from it, and start watching TV - it doesn't matter what the content of the program is - the beta waves disappear and you start processing alpha and theta waves. These are the same waves that you generate during meditation. Reading is primarily left hemisphere and watching television is primarily right hemisphere. Now how could that not have a major effect on our culture?

  Leonard Shlain

  Reading, Book, Matter

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• I deepen my experience of God through prayer, meditation, and forgiveness.

  Marianne Williamson

  God, Prayer, Philosopher

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• Meditation is to dive all the way within, beyond thought, to the source of thought and pure consciousness. It enlarges the container, every time you transcend. When you come out, you come out refreshed, filled with energy and enthusiasm for life.

  David Lynch

  Enthusiasm For Life, Energy, Way

  "David Lynch on why he hates 'It's A Small World'". Interview with Drew Fortune, music.avclub.com. July 17, 2013.

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• Mindfulness meditation doesn't change life. Life remains as fragile and unpredictable as ever. Meditation changes the heart's capacity to accept life as it is.

  Sylvia Boorstein

  Life Changing, Heart, Meditation Practice

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  The soul always knows what to do to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the mind

  Caroline Myss

  Inspiring, Inspiration, Healing

  Twitter post from Feb 05, 2014

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• The mind has to be empty to see clearly.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Love, Life, Truth

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• Meditation is the golden key to all the mysteries of life.

  Rajneesh

  Keys, Golden, Mystery

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• Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in eternal awareness or pure consciousness.

  Sivananda

  Yoga, Meditation Practice, Mind

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• It is never too late to turn on the light. Your ability to break an unhealthy habit or turn off an old tape doesn't depend on how long it has been running; a shift in perspective doesn't depend on how long you've held on to the old view. When you flip the switch in that attic, it doesn't matter whether its been dark for ten minutes, ten years or ten decades. The light still illuminates the room and banishes the murkiness, letting you see the things you couldn't see before. Its never too late to take a moment to look.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Running, Dark, Meditation Practice

  Sharon Salzberg (2017). “Real Happiness: A 28-day Programme to Connect with the Power of Meditation”, p.94, Hay House, Inc

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• If you make time for silence, the sacred will unfold.

  Rod Stryker

  Yoga, Silence, Sacred

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• I believe that reading and writing are the most nourishing forms of meditation anyone has so far found. By reading the writings of the most interesting minds in history, we meditate with our own minds and theirs as well. This to me is a miracle.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Reading, Believe, Writing

  Kurt Vonnegut (1982). “Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage”, Dell Books

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• The first thing to realize in meditation is that there is no authority, that the mind must be completely free to examine, to observe, to learn. And so there is no following, no accepting, no obedience.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Mind, Firsts, Realizing

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• If a person's basic state of mind is serene and calm, then it is possible for this inner peace to overwhelm a painful physical experience.

  Dalai Lama

  Pursuit Of Happiness, Inner Peace, Mind

  His Holiness the Dalai Lama (2017). “The Dalai Lama’s Book of Transformation”, p.5, HarperCollins UK

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• Suffering is due to our disconnection with the inner soul. Meditation is establishing that connection.

  Amit Ray

  Inspiration, Meditation Practice, Soul

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• If you learn to go beyond the jabbering of your mind, and can go to the deeper aspects of your consciousness, then body, breath, and mind will not come in your way.

  Rama Swami

  Mind, Way, Body

  Swami Rama (2002). “The Essence of Spiritual Life: A Companion Guide for the Seeker”, p.72, Lotus Press

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• When we meditate we expand, spreading our wings like a bird, trying to enter consciously into Infinity, Eternity and Immortality, welcoming them into our aspiring consciousness. We see, feel and grow into the entire universe of Light-Delight.

  Sri Chinmoy

  Light, Wings, Bird

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• Meditation is the soul's perspective glass, whereby, in her long remove, she discerneth God, as if He were nearer at hand.

  Owen Feltham

  Glasses, Hands, Long

  Owen Feltham (1840). “Resolves: divine, moral and political”, p.32

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• Without patience, magic would be undiscovered - in rushing everything, we would never hear its whisper inside.

  Tamora Pierce

  Rushing, Magic, Would Be

  Tamora Pierce (2011). “Circle of Magic #1: Sandry's Book”, p.7, Scholastic Inc.

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• Meditation is not an escape from life... but preparation for really being in life.

  Nhat Hanh

  Preparation

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• Life is available only in the present moment.

  Nhat Hanh

  Life, Buddhist, Live In The Moment

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2004). “Peace Begins Here: Palestinians and Israelis Listening to Each Other”, p.23, Parallax Press

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• Meditation is not a matter of trying to achieve ecstasy, spiritual bliss, or tranquillity, nor is it attempting to become a better person. It is simply the creation of a space in which we are able to expose and undo our neurotic games, our self-deceptions, our hidden fears and hopes.

  Pema Chodron

  Spiritual, Self, Meditation Practice

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