“You can't throw your ego away, but you can use its innate desire to experience that which is beyond itself to give you the impetus to meditate.” GivingUseDesireMeditationBuddhismEgoGoing AwayInnateImpetus Author:Frederick Lenz
“You start meditation as an average human being who is filled with vagueness and not much purpose or definition, who is controlled by their desires, your mind spins all over the place, your senses spin all over the place, out of control.” MindHumansDesirePurposeHuman BeingsMeditationBuddhismFilledAverageDefinitionsSensesControlledVagueness Author:Frederick Lenz
“All human beings have an innate desire to overcome suffering, to find happiness. Training the mind to think differently, through meditation, is one important way to avoid suffering and be happy.” ThinkingWayMindHumansImportantDesireSufferingHuman BeingsMeditationTrainingOvercomingInnateFinding HappinessTraining The Mind Author:Dalai Lama
“Art is not concerned with the meditation about what is and how it came to be. That is a task for knowledge. Knowledge is born of the desire to know, Art derives from the necessity to communicate and to announce.” KnowsArtDesireBornMeditationCommunicationArt IsConcernedTasksCommunicate Book:Gabo on Gabo: Texts and Interviews Source: Gabo on Gabo: Texts and Interviews
“Meditation develops the capacity to question your mind. Without it, you are at the mercy of every thought, every desire, every wave of emotion.” MindDesireEmotionMeditationCapacityMercyWave Author:Geneen Roth
“As you go into light for longer and longer periods, as you progress in your meditation practice, you transform, you become illumined, you overcome all limitation, all sorrow, and all pain. You learn not to be bound by desire, and eventually you transcend death itself.” LightPainDesirePracticeMeditationProgressBuddhismPeriodsSorrowOvercomingBoundsLimitationMeditation Practice Author:Frederick Lenz
“Meditation is the short path to happiness. Meditation takes you beyond the desire-aversion operating system that offers very limited happiness and a great deal of frustration.” DesireDealsPathMeditationOffersFrustrationConcentrationAversionOperating Systems Author:Frederick Lenz