"Those who walk in the Way should avoid sensualism as those who carry hay would avoid coming near the fire."
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"The experience of getting my Kriya, which is the meditation process that I do, was very powerful for me - though, as I explain in the book, I was really suspect of that kind of thing."
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"Meditation is the process of understanding your own mind."
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"We carry about us the burden of what thousands of people have said and the memories of all our misfortunes. To abandon all that is to be alone, and the mind that is alone is not only innocent but young -- not in time or age, but young, innocent, alive at whatever age -- and only such a mind can see that which is truth and that which is not measurable by words."
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"Meditation may also be thought of as a technique by which we diminish the force of old thought habits and develop new ones."
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"What acts as a far more effective circumstance for generating compassion and what, in fact, rouses us from our comfortable meditation seat is actually seeing or hearing others - encountering others directly, not just conceptually in our imagination."
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"In the Buddha's life story we see the three stages of practice: Morality comes first, then concentrated meditation, and then wisdom. And we see that the path takes time."
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"If your mind is still... You can sense the peace that emanates from the earth."
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"I believe that in the future meditation could be as commonplace in schools and society as eco-awareness is now. It interests me that an ancient cure may be the solution to a modern problem."
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"The more we witness our emotional reactions and understand how they work, the easier it is to refrain."
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"Meditation is not about getting out of ourselves or achieving something better. It is about getting in touch with what you already are."
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"Sitting meditation gives us a way to move closer to our thoughts and emotions and to get in touch with our bodies."
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"in stillness, I watched myselfget eaten by mosquitoes... the itch was maddening at first but eventually it just melded into a general burning feeling and i rode that heat to a mld euphoria. I allowed the pain to lose its specific associations and become pure sensation... and that eventually lifted me out of myself and into meditation."
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"I wouldn't make it through the day without singing. It is my solace and my meditation and my release. It lets me know how I'm processing things, what I'm processing, if I'm out of touch in some area."
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"Meditation is like a bath for the mind; it clears and refreshes our windows of perception, allowing more light, love, and happiness to flow into lives."
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"The inner experience of meditation can be had without any kind of forced discipline. The outer trappings - how one sits, breathes, dresses, and so forth - are irrelevant."
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"It is undeniable that we all create scenarios and then become convinced by them, down to our very cells."
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"We can actually accelerate the process through meditation, through the ability to find stillness through loving actions, through compassion and sharing, through understanding the nature of the creative process in the universe and having a sense of connection to it. So, that's conscious evolution."
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"The only preparation or participation required to unleash the power of intention is a connection to the conscious intelligence field, which can be attained in many ways, one of the best being meditation."
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"Meditation helps you do less and accomplish more."
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