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“If you decide to go on a Buddhist path, you have to be careful if you start mixing a lot of different traditions you are not totally familiar with - mixing this kind of meditation with that kind of practice or this kind of visualization with that kind of mantra. Then you really are concocting your own thing, and you have no idea what is going to happen.”

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Author:Sakyong Mipham

“There is a tendency sometimes within the Shambhala community to make it just about meditating and, so, less about compassion. Shambhala is based upon compassion, but a lot of people come in and say, "I need to get more meditation. I need to do this for me, me, me." That's fine, but the view here is much more societal.”

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Author:Sakyong Mipham

“Basically when I'm walking I'm not consciously writing or intending anything. In the manner I have learned from meditation practice, I let things unfold.”

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Author:Stephen Vincent Benet

“It is worth asking who decides what's an "obsession" and where it differs from meditation or the kind of deep dwelling on a subject we see in philosophy or the work of Robert Wilson, for instance?”

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Author:Laura Mullen

“Meditation is focused attention and the more we practise focusing our brains the more connections we build up.”

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Author:Philippa Perry

“Undisturbed calmness of mind is attained by cultivating friendliness toward the happy, compassion for the unhappy, delight in the virtuous, and indifference toward the wicked.”

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Author:Patanjali

“Words are but the shell; meditation is the kernel.”

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Author:Bahya ibn Paquda

“Peace can be reached through meditation on the knowledge which dreams give. Peace can also be reached through concentration upon that which is dearest to the heart.”

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Book:The Light of the Soul: Paraphrase of the Yoga Sutras of Pantanjali

Source: The Light of the Soul: Paraphrase of the Yoga Sutras of Pantanjali

“In deep meditation the flow of concentration is continuous like the flow of oil.”

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Author:Patanjali

“Yoga is the cessation of the movements of the mind. Then there is abiding in the Seer's own form.”

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Author:Patanjali

“For those who have an intense urge for Spirit and wisdom, it sits near them, waiting.”

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Author:Patanjali

“Here is, in truth, the whole secret of Yoga, the science of the soul. The active turnings, the strident vibrations, of selfishness, lust and hate are to be stilled by meditation, by letting heart and mind dwell in spiritual life, by lifting up the heart to the strong, silent life above, which rests in the stillness of eternal love, and needs no harsh vibration to convince it of true being.”

Source: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

“Meditation is a lifelong process. Give it a try. As you get deeper and more disciplined into the process, you'll get deeper and more disciplined in your mind and life.”

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Author:Brendon Burchard

“To me, meditation is simply silencing or focusing the mind.”

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Author:Brendon Burchard

“Giving to others is the greatest gift you can give yourself.”

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Author:Darren Hardy

“There is a true Buddha in family life; there is a real Tao in everyday activities. If people can be sincere and harmonious, promoting communication with a cheerful demeanor and friendly words, that is much better than formal meditation practice.”

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Author:Zicheng Hong

“Accepting the reality of change gives rise to equanimity.”

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Book:Pocket Peace: Effective Practices for Enlightened Living

Source: Pocket Peace: Effective Practices for Enlightened Living

“So what is a good meditator? The one who meditates.”

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Author:Allan Lokos

“That's why it's called a practice. We have to practice a practice if it is to be of value.”

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Book:Patience: The Art of Peaceful Living

Source: Patience: The Art of Peaceful Living

“I have amethyst geodes by my meditation - yoga room and large rose quartz throughout my back garden.”

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Author:Miranda Kerr

“With all the yoga and meditation that I do, when the chaos happens it happens. But I'm not as affected as a lot of people - I don't react as much. I just let things drip off my back a little bit.”

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Author:Donna Karan

“I like how time goes on set. It's almost like time on an airplane or something where people are together. It's a different, very trippy kind of time, I find, because you're together in imaginary time where you're out of time. You're called upon to be present and honor what can happen in the moment. And the whole day can go like that. The whole day can be a kind of meditation.”

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Author:Jeff Goldblum

“Kerouac's books portray a hero and narrator free and easy, confident, sure of his rebellion against the American system. In reality, Jack was torn between Catholicism, Buddhism, and his own demon-driven pursuit of kicks, between spirit and flesh, between mom's house and the Beat coffeehouse, patriotism and subversion, men and women, society and solitude, carousing and meditation, sacred and profane, secular and divine. It's a miracle he survived as long as he did.”

“If we get away from the lazy and fuzzy thinking that is like a poison in our society - if we get away from all the bad television that we tend to watch - and begin to take up serious meditation and other sacred exercises, we will have a real revolution of consciousness. If that happens, the world will change by itself.”

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Author:Marianne Williamson

“I believe that ultimately it all comes down to whether we seek conscious contact with God on a daily basis through prayer and meditation.”

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Author:Marianne Williamson

“You receive the light through what you read, through what you hear in meditation, or through some spiritual practice.”

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Author:Marianne Williamson

“I have been meditating for many years now, but I think for quite a few years my relationship with meditation was very intellectual. I would do meditation for all the usual things that you would think about, to be more calm, be more productive, relieve stress.”

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Author:Karan Bajaj

“I think meditation became truly a means to a deeper connection as I was searching for a deeper truth within myself. Meditation became almost more spiritual than material in nature over the last two or three years and it has deepened a lot as a result of that.”

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Author:Karan Bajaj

“My wife and I took a sabbatical and we went from Europe to India, where we lived in an ashram for six months and did meditation and yoga vigorously, like from 5:00 in the morning until 10:00 in the night in very austere circumstances. I think then my practice became less superficial, more like the traditional definition of what meditation was: to truly find oneness.”

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Author:Karan Bajaj

“Here are two dichotomies here. In the West it is a very physical practice, and even meditation is a practice to become productive and more at peace. In the East, you think of the deep spiritual practices as a journey of complete dissolution of the self, the ego.”

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Author:Karan Bajaj

“In the West, it is the opposite, like you are using these practices [meditation and yoga ] to further your ego by being more productive, being more this, and getting more out of your work and earning more money. In the East, the whole idea is that you are dissolving your essence through these practices.”

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Author:Karan Bajaj

“In the year that I take off, I don't have any goals. I just surrender to experiences like traveling or learning yoga and meditation or just living in a completely random place like Mongolia or Portugal or Bhutan. Then when I come back, I am much more intuitive, creative, right-brained. That kind of system has been working very well for me.”

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Author:Karan Bajaj

“My path, my life, my career has really been a journey from moving from, in a sense, darkness to light. From pain to joy through the experience of yoga and meditation. It's an ongoing adventure that's unfolding every day.”

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Author:MC Yogi

“When I found yoga, I realized that I can direct my own mind through my yoga practice and meditation. I can actually create my own mood. That was a huge awakening for me.”

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Author:MC Yogi

“Raja yoga is the mental practice and incorporates meditation, pranayama, and mudra. What are the benefits of having a raja yoga practice? The benefit is spirituality.”

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Author:Rajashree Choudhury

“Meditation, yoga, and walks are all ways to regulate our stress and reconnect.”

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Author:Arianna Huffington

“I've always said that I think one of the best and cheapest ways to become healthier and happier is through mindfulness exercises like meditation.”

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Author:Arianna Huffington

“Like everyone else, I get swept along just trying to keep up with that endlessly growing to-do list, but I do my best to treat the day as one big meditation or symphony.”

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Author:Tohoru Masamune

“Learning to focus attention and concentration is very useful; meditation can help you do that.”

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Author:Andrew Weil

“I think it's worth trying to do something about obvious sources of stress in your life. But even more important is learning and practicing methods to neutralize the harmful effects of stress on the body and mind. There are many possibilities, anything from meditation and yoga to listening to relaxing music. My personal favorite is simple breathing techniques - they're very effective, take very little time, and they're free.”

“Several things can throw me into that space where I feel energetic and peaceful at the same moment - often things that force me to utilize all my senses. Sunshine does it for me. Music for sure, singing, and dancing. Conscious breathing. Nature. Silence. Meditation. Sport is a great one.”

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Author:Richard Brancatisano

“Meditation and prayer are my secret weapons, and when I use them, I can move mountains.”

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Author:Syesha Mercado

“Consciousness-Based Education is education that is in most ways exactly like regular education, but with the added technique of Transcendental Meditation. Transcendental Meditation, or TM as it's often referred to, allows students to dive in and experience the unbounded ocean of consciousness within each of us, the big treasury, the field within each of us that is the base of all matter and all mind. It's been found that transcending and experiencing that unbounded, eternal level of life does wonders for education, and for human beings.”

“In my case what happened is that within about two weeks of beginning meditation, the anger already started to go away. My wife came to me and said, "What's going on?" and I said, "What are you talking about?" To which she replied, "This anger, where did it go?" I didn't even realize that my anger had been going away.”

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Author:David Lynch

“Traveling around, it can get very stressful sometimes, and I found yoga, thank God, like a couple of years ago. I went to my first yoga class, and I got hooked on it, and I go almost every day when I'm in New York. I find that it really balances me. And also, morning meditation.”

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Author:Valentina Zelyaeva

“I like to wake up at six o'clock in the morning so I have a very long morning, so I have time to meditate. I can really tell that it makes a difference - the days I don't have meditation and the days when I do.”

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Author:Valentina Zelyaeva

“You can do yoga and be thinking about going shopping. The goal is kind of like meditation, is to be totally present in your body in the moment. That's when the most profound effects of yoga can happen. That's what I urge people to try to do. It's very important to be in your body.”

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Author:Jane Fonda

“I find that deep breathing and meditation help me handle practically any situation.”

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Author:Nathan East

“I begin and end each day with prayer, meditation, and thoughts about what I am grateful for.”

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Author:Nathan East

“When we practice paying attention, whether in meditation, yoga (moving mediation), or simply walking down the street, we can choose to be at ease, or choose to be tense. It's a choice, and that choice is up to no one but us to decide.”

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Author:Tara Stiles

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