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The advantages of developing absorption concentration are not only that it provides a stable and receptive state of mind for the practice of insight meditation. The experience of absorption is one of intense pleasure and happiness, brought about by purely mental means, which thereby automatically eclipses any pleasure arising in dependence on material objects. Thus absorption functions as a powerful antidote to sensual desires by divesting them of their former attraction. ↗

— Anālayo

#meditation #samadhi #vipassana #experience

I wish my life were a movie and I could take it into the editing room and totally cut this part out. And some other parts. Some other parts definitely need to be cut. ↗

— Susane Colasanti

#life #regret #experience

Observation and expansion are two elements of meditation. While a teacher may guide you to have the right posture and give instruction on following the breath, no one can teach you about the experience. It comes through practice and patience. ↗

— Debra Moffitt

#guru #meditation #patience #practice #spiritual-experience

Most of our healing occurs during quiet moments of rest when we are in contact with unconscious feelings and experiences. I can't imagine life without the peaceful, insightful moments I have during meditation. ↗

— Janet Gallagher Nestor

#meditation #mindfulness #self-help #stress-relief #wellness

To eat figs off the tree in the very early morning, when they have been barely touched by the sun, is one of the exquisite pleasures of the Mediterranean. ↗

— Elizabeth David

#food #mediterranean #food

Watching Italians eat (especially men, I have to say) is a form of tourism the books don't tell you about. They close their eyes, raise their eyebrows into accent marks, and make sounds of acute appreciation. It's fairly sexy. Of course I don't know how these men behave at home, if they help with the cooking or are vain and boorish and mistreat their wives. I realized Mediterranean cultures have their issues. Fine, don't burst my bubble. I didn’t want to marry these guys, I just wanted to watch. (p. 247) ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#food #italy #mediterranean #food

By becoming aware of God’s Spirit, by slowing down and paying attention to the tastes and sounds and smells of the food we make and eat, we infuse our meals—and by extension our hearts—with a sense of awe, a depth of prayer that cannot help but transform our mindless eating into moving meditations. ↗

— Mary DeTurris Poust

#faith #food #god #meditation #mindful-eating

The practice of forgiveness is very much like the practice of meditation. You have to do it often and persist at it in order to be any good. ↗

— Katerina Stoykova Klemer

#meditation #persistence #practice #forgiveness

I mean the whole thing about meditation and yoga is about connecting to the higher part of yourself, and then seeing that every living thing is connected in some way. ↗

— Gillian Anderson

#connected #connecting #every #higher #i

By practicing compassion and forgiveness, one can control hatred. ↗

— Shri Radhe Maa

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