Meditation Practice quotes
93 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity."
"Mind is everything. What we think, we become."
"Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt."
"Your duty is to Be, and not to be this or that."
"The powers of the mind are like the rays of the sun when they are concentrated they illumine."
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"One hour of contemplation surpasses sixty years of worship."
"The word 'innocence' means a mind that is incapable of being hurt."
"At the end of the day, I can end up just totally wacky, because I've made mountains out of molehills. With meditation, I can keep them as molehills."
"Meditation is not passive sitting in silence. It is sitting in awareness, free from distraction, and realizing the clear understanding that arises from concentration."
"To understand the totality of this extraordinary thing called life, one must obviously not be too definite about these things. One cannot be definite with something which is so immense, which is not measurable by words. We cannot understand the immeasurable so long as we approach it through time."
"I have done a fair bit of meditation practice, but I think through climbing it's definitely an easier way for me to tap into that mental state of being present and in the moment, very in tune with your body. But not in an intellectual way. Just really responding to the moment, where you don't have time to think."
"Meditation applies the brakes to the mind."
"The more intense the nature of a man, the more readily will he find meditation, and the more successfully will he practice it."
"Your duty is to be, and not to be this or that. I Am That I Am sums up the whole truth; the method is summarized in Be Still."
"What's encouraging about meditation is that, even if we shut down, we can no longer shut down in ignorance. We see very clearly that we're closing off. That in itself begins to illuminate the darkness of ignorance."
"If you can't meditate in a boiler room, you can't meditate."
"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."
"Meditation gives us peace of mind without a tranquilizer. And unlike a tranquilizer, the peace of mind that we get from meditation does not fade away. It lasts for good in some corner of the inmost recesses of our aspiring heart."
"If you want to find God, hang out in the space between your thoughts."
"One conscious breathe in and out is a meditation."
"Meditation practice isn’t about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better. It’s about befriending who we are already. The ground of practice is you or me or whoever we are right now, just as we are. That’s the ground, that’s what we study, that’s what we come to know with tremendous curiosity and interest."
"It's a lifelong gift, something you can call on at any time."
"It's helpful to remind yourself that meditation is about opening and relaxing with whatever arises, without picking and choosing."
"It feels good. Kinda like when you have to shut your computer down, just sometimes when it goes crazy, you just shut it down and when you turn it on, it's okay again. That's what meditation is to me."
"A most useful approach to meditation practice is to consider it the most important activity of each day. Shedule it as you would an extremely important appointment, and unfailingly keep your appointment with the infinite."
