3,675 Quotes About Meditation

Ceaselessly praying does not mean to endlessly recite prayers to oneself. It means that the consciousness of the spiritual student is moulded in such a way that the context of the Divine is never lost from awareness. Everything that is said or thought comes from that basis, even in sleep. It is living the still point as a constant, ongoing reality.

Some people find that the easiest and quickest way to reach the still point is in nature. There is a tremendous amount of stillness in the busyness of nature. If we can find the still point in nature, we can find it in our own body. Our body is nature. The still point in nature is also the still point in us.

Explore yourself in silent contemplation. You will find a breathtaking person you were completely unaware about.

I'd been drowning, [...] I'd been flailing on the surface. But what I really needed to do to save myself was let myself sink. It struck me that this is why we say to people, "Calm down." Because beneath the noise of the pounding, swirling surf is a place where all is quiet and clear. The chaos stills in this deep.

[When I meditate,] there in the deep, I could sense something circulating inside me. It was a Knowing. I can know things down at this level that I can't on the chaotic surface. Down here, when I pose a question about my life I sense a nudge. The nudge guides me towards [...] the next right thing, one thing at a time. That was how I began to know what to do next. That was how I began to walk through my life more clearly, solid and steady.

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." If only. If only a rose is a rose and nothing but a rose.

Meditation has nothing to do with crouching and chanting, meditation means losing oneself in activity - any activity of one’s own choosing – mental or physical.

Meditation has nothing to do with crouching and chanting, meditation means losing oneself in activity - any activity of one’s own choosing – mental or physical. Music is meditation, painting is meditation, dancing is meditation, math is meditation - any act that helps you lose yourself and elevates your mind in the process, is an act of meditation.

Developing the extremely rare attitude of not minding how life is happening is a billion times better than prolonging your life, even if by a trillion years.