#meditation

You get peace of mind not by thinking about it or imagining it, but by quietening and relaxing the restless mind. ↗

— Remez Sasson

#morning #imagination

I am thing that thinks: that is, a things that doubts,affirms, denies, understands a few things, is ignorant of many things, is willing, is unwilling, and also which imagines and has sensory perceptions. ↗

— René Descartes

#imagination

Meditation practice is like piano scales, basketball drills, ballroom dance class. Practice requires discipline; it can be tedious; it is necessary. After you have practiced enough, you become more skilled at the art form itself. You do not practice to become a great scale player or drill champion. You practice to become a musician or athlete. Likewise, one does not practice meditation to become a great meditator. We meditate to wake up and live, to become skilled at the art of living. ↗

— Elizabeth Lesser

#art

The words were unexpected, but so incisively true. So much of prayer is like that - an encounter with a truth that has sunk to the bottom of the heart, that wants to be found, wants to be spoken, wants to be elevated into the realm of sacredness. ↗

— Sue Monk Kidd

#meditation #prayer #inspirational

Do not speak about anyone who is not physically present. ↗

— Allan Lokos

#inspirational #meditation #mindfulness #inspirational

In order to do anything about the suffering of the world we must have the strength to face it without turning away. ↗

— Sharon Salzberg

#inspirational #meditation #inspirational

Every single moment is expressive of the truth of our lives when we know how to look. ↗

— Sharon Salzberg

#inspiration #meditation #wisdom #inspirational

Through meditation we come to know that we are dying & being reborn in every moment. ↗

— Sharon Salzberg

#inspiration #meditation #inspirational

The heart is the door to our inner woman. The heart is the door to our inner world. The power chakra relates to the inner man. The power chakra relates to the outer world. Irrespective of if we are a man or a woman, the inner woman is the center of our consciousness. ↗

— Swami Dhyan Giten

#heart #inner-man-and-woman #inner-world #joy #meditation

Moments before sleep are when she feels most alive, leaping across fragments of the day, bringing each moment into the bed with her like a child with schoolbooks and pencils. The day seems to have no order until these times, which are like a ledger for her, her body full of stories and situations. ↗

— Michael Ondaatje

#meditation #sleep #dreams