#bliss

Meditation is painful in the beginning but it bestows immortal Bliss and supreme joy in the end. ↗

— Swami Sivananda

#bestows #bliss #end #immortal #in the beginning

Life is a pilgrimage. The wise man does not rest by the roadside inns. He marches direct to the illimitable domain of eternal bliss, his ultimate destination. ↗

— Swami Sivananda

#destination #direct #does #domain #eternal

Practice meditation regularly. Meditation leads to eternal bliss. Therefore meditate, meditate. ↗

— Swami Sivananda

#eternal #leads #meditate #meditation #practice

He gazed up at the blue sky and knew that heaven—at least in this life—was neither a time nor a place to be grasped and made into a possession. It came in fleeting moments and then went away again to leave one nostalgic and yearning and on the verge of tears. Very much on the verge of tears. And very frightened. ↗

— Mary Balogh

#fleeting #fright #heaven #life-and-living #love

Are you going to kiss me or not?” He released the jacket. “Not,” he rasped. “Then I’ll kiss you.” Cupping his nape, she drew his head down, but Nate laid his fingertips over her mouth. “Some things you can’t take back.” Claire lifted his hand. “Some things you don’t want to. ↗

— Karina Bliss

#karina-bliss #home

Patty believed that parents have a duty to teach their children how to recognize reality when they see it. ↗

— Jonathan Franzen

#page- #freedom

Everything about you is how I wanna be; Your freedom comes naturally; Everything about you resonates happiness; Now I won't settle for less... ↗

— Matthew J. Bellamy

#muse #freedom

Our true nature is bliss. That bliss is like the sun that always shines. It remains ever present, but the events in life and clouds of worry and even emotions like happiness may obscure it like storm clouds obscure the sun. ↗

— Debra Moffitt

#emotions #happiness #inner-peace #joy #mind-body-spirit

Relatively speaking, the mind controls the body but who or what controls the mind? ↗

— Christopher Dines

#manifest-your-bliss #inner-peace

The smell of her hair lingered just out of reach of his memory and left him with a nervous hum resonating throughout his body like a child forced to sit in church while the sun was shining outside on a perfectly good summer's day. ↗

— Erik Tomblin

#falling-in-love #infatuation #summer #sweet-abandon #youthfulness