3,675 Quotes About Meditation

We yearn for there to be meaning to our lives, balanced with a sense of inner peace & joy.

With attachment all that seems to exist is just me & that object I desire.

We can understand the inherent radiance & purity of our minds by understanding metta. Like the mind, metta is not distorted by what it encounters.

Theoretically, I wanted to meditate, but I found actually doing it extraordinarily difficult. As a therapist, I knew that we all want progress, but we resist change. I was a vivid example of this maxim. Figuring out my taxes and going to the dentist were easier than meditating. Even as I told myself meditation was a top priority, I worked to avoid that forty-five minutes alone with my mind.

Every day we have a choice about whether we react or respond to life. The first step in that direction is becoming self-aware and aligning our conscious and subconscious minds, where our Imposters live. In short, it’s about becoming aware of our Imposters (negative thoughts in our heads).

We all need to do some amount of emotional and spiritual housekeeping. When we commit to that process, we evolve. We grow. And we get more in touch with our Authentic Souls.

Once you start that important spiritual housekeeping work, your Imposters will surely protest. Your Victim Imposter might whine: I don’t wanna do the hard work. Don’t make me! Your Egotist Imposter might lament: I already know that I can do the hard work, ergo I don’t need to do it. I don’t have to prove anything to anyone!

But once we have a practice for taming our Imposters, we’re able to get in touch with a much bigger star in the constellation of our lives: the Authentic Soul.

Your Authentic Self is informed by the experiences and hard-won wisdom you’ve accrued throughout your life. It’s also about expression: who you are when you are free and uncensored.