“Man is distinguished from the brute animals in proportion as thought prevails over sense: but in the healthy processes of the mind, a balance is constantly maintained between the impressions from outward objects and the inward operations of the intellect:--for if there be an overbalance in the contemplative faculty, man thereby becomes the creature of mere meditation, and loses his natural power of action.” IfsThinkingMenMindActionProcessLosesNaturalAnimalMeditationObjectsBalanceHealthyCreaturesMereIntellectImpressionOperationsProportionFacultyInwardDistinguishedBrutesContemplative Book:Lectures Upon Shakspeare Source: Lectures Upon Shakspeare
“I hate having to do small talk. I'd rather talk about deep subjects. I'd rather talk about meditation, or the world, or the trees or animals, than small, inane, you know, banter.” KnowsWorldHateAnimalMeditationTreeSubjectsI HateBanterSmall Talk Author:Ellen DeGeneres
“Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer.” MindHeartSoulPrayerAnimalMeditationDogHeart And MindMy DogSoothingCanineDog LoverPuppy DogPet DogOld DogPuppies And DogsCute DogMan And DogCuddlingDogs And LifeGood DogLoving DogDeep MeditationWag The Dog Book:False Memory Source: False Memory
“Innocence is something to be appreciated, to be understood, to be enjoyed. Like you see animals, they're innocent; you see children, they're innocent; flowers, they're innocent. Divert your attention to all these things.” LoveChildrenWisdomSpiritAnimalAttentionMeditationFlowerLike YouUnderstoodYogaInnocentEnjoyedInnocenceWellnessAppreciated Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“There are qualities which grow as meditation deepens. For example, you start feeling loving for no reason at all. Not the love that you know, in which you have to fall-not falling in love. But just a quality of lovingness, not only to human beings. As your meditation deepens, your lovingness will start spreading beyond humanity to animals, to trees, even to the rocks, to the mountains.” KnowsHumansReasonFeelingsHumanityFallGrowsHuman BeingsAnimalQualityMeditationTreeRocksExampleMountainFalling In LoveNo ReasonNot Falling In Love Author:Rajneesh