“Initially I was very drawn to the Tao Te Ching, the Taoist philosophy. It was helping me deal with the balance of these external and internal issues with my chess life. Tai chi is the martial embodiment of Taoist philosophy. Initially, I had no intention of competing in the martial arts; it was just the meditation.” ArtPhilosophyHelpingDealsIssuesMeditationBalanceIntentionChessInternalsMartial ArtsCompetingTaoEmbodimentTao Te ChingTai Chi Author:Joshua Waitzkin
“It is not simply a transient happiness that you experience in meditation that creates balance; it is a transformative light. Inner light is the most powerful thing there is.” LightPowerfulMeditationBuddhismBalanceMost PowerfulTransientInner Light Author:Frederick Lenz
“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
“Meditation has been an anchor throughout my life - it helps me feel balance, connected and at peace.” FeelsHas BeensHelpingMeditationBalanceConnectedHelp MeAnchors Author:Mallika Chopra
“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.” YearsFirstsSometimesFoundClassMorningMeditationNew YorkCoupleBalanceYogaYears AgoThank GodStressfulHooked Author:Valentina Zelyaeva
“Meditation is very important to me. I feel off-balance when I skip a day.” FeelsImportantMeditationBalanceSkip Author:Melissa Rauch
“When we don't nourish ourselves with fresh, healthy food, restful sleep, regular exercise, a daily spiritual practice such as meditation or journaling, and other mind-body healing habits, we will inevitably feel tired, out of balance, irritable, and sometimes even depressed.” FeelsMindSometimesBodySpiritualSleepHealingPracticeMeditationHabitBalanceExerciseHealthyTiredSpiritual PracticeMind BodyHealthy FoodJournalingRestfulRegular ExerciseDaily Spiritual Author:Deepak Chopra
“You're not insensitive or indifferent, but you're also not vulnerable to the upheavals that cause emotional stress because you can buffer that... So that's the result of meditation; you could call that emotional balance.” CausesResultsMeditationEmotionalBalanceStressVulnerableIndifferentInsensitiveUpheavalEmotional BalanceEmotional Stress Author:Matthieu Ricard
“I'm actually big into meditation, transcendental meditation, and that really helps create not only a sense of balance, but all the other stuff this is gonna sound cliché... serenity and kind of a calm state of mind. And not that I'm like that all the time, but it helps me deal with life's ups and downs, coming from more of a centered place. Also it helps with creativity.” MindKindStatesHelpingBigsStuffSoundDealsCreativityMeditationBalanceCalmHelp MeState Of MindSerenityUps & DownsTranscendentalTranscendental Meditation Author:Eva Mendes
“Auspiciousness comes only through balance.” LoveWisdomSpiritMeditationBalanceYogaWellness Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“The wisdom or the essence of Guru Tattwa is a balance. Like when you maintain a plant, if you do not give it water it will die. If you give it too much water, it will die. So the wisdom lies in understanding how much water should be given to the plant, so that it comes up at its best. Now this wisdom has to be achieved through your vibratory awareness.” IfsLoveGivingShouldWisdomSpiritLyingDiesGivenUnderstandingWaterToo MuchMeditationAwarenessBalanceYogaEssencePlantCome UpWellnessGuru Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“Supposing the Mother Earth was very hot like the sun, there would have been no growth, or it was cold like moon, there would have been no growth. It had to come to the centre where it had both the things in proper proportions to grow. In the same way a human being has to work out that you keep a moderation and a balance and understand not to go to extremes of anything. That balance you learn when you love someone.” WayLoveHumansHas BeensWisdomEarthSpiritMotherGrowsGrowthHuman BeingsSunMeditationColdBalanceMoonYogaHotWork OutExtremesProportionWellnessCentreModerationLove SomeoneMother EarthWhen You Love SomeoneSupposing Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“Dharma gives you the balance. It gives you the establishment into proper behavior, proper understanding, proper living, but it doesn't give you the completion of your journey. It doesn't give you the satisfaction of reaching the destination and your personality is still incomplete. So one has to have the experience of the spirit.” LoveGivingStillsWisdomSpiritUnderstandingMeditationJourneyPersonalityBalanceBehaviorYogaSatisfactionWellnessReachingDestinationEstablishmentDharmaIncompleteCompletion Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“When the Kundalini rises, automatically you develop your own balances and that balanced life manifests outside. Now this ecological problem can be solved as soon as human beings get transformed and develop their balances. Because we are imbalanced, that's why the nature has gone into imbalance.” LoveHumansProblemWisdomSpiritHuman BeingsGoneMeditationBalanceYogaWellnessTransformedBalancedEcologicalImbalanceBalanced Life Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“If a person doesn't have a balance then he cannot achieve his ascent.” IfsLovePersonsWisdomSpiritMeditationAchieveBalanceYogaWellnessAscent Author:Nirmala Srivastava