“Meditating means bringing the mind back to something again and again. Thus, we all meditate, but unless we direct it in some way, we meditate on ourselves and on our own problems, reinforcing our self-clinging.” WayMindMeanSelfProblemMeditationDirectAgain And AgainClingingMeditating Author:Bill Vaughan
“When you have learned, through discipline, to simplify your life, and so practiced the mindfulness of meditation, and through it loosened the hold of aggression, clinging, and negativity on your whole being, the wisdom of insight can slowly dawn. And in the all-revealing clarity of its sunlight, this insight can show you, distinctly and directly, both the subtlest workings of your own mind and the nature of reality.” MindWholeShowsRealityMeditationDisciplineMindfulnessInsightClarityDawnSunlightAggressionNegativityRevealingSimplifyClinging Author:Sogyal Rinpoche
“You give up not meditating. It's called meditation action. There's no way out of it. Meditation means to be constantly extricating yourself from the clinging of mind.” WayGivingMindMeanActionMeditationGiving UpClingingMeditating Author:Ram Dass
“The appearances of the world are not the problem, it's clinging to them that causes suffering” WorldProblemSufferingCausesMeditationAppearanceClinging Author:Tilopa
“Meditation means to be constantly extricating yourself from the clinging of mind. By letting go of even the thought 'I,' and 'me' what is left? There is nowhere to stand and no one to stand there. No separation anywhere. Pure awareness. Neither this, nor that. Just clarity and being.” MindMeanLeftMeditationAwarenessPureLetting GoSeparationClarityBeing MeClinging Author:Ram Dass