“Unfortunately we've seen meditation insulted in a sense with the image of ritual. You have to dress a certain way, follow a certain type of lifestyle, all that sort of thing, very culty - and that, of course, has nothing to do with the practice whatsoever.” WayCertainCoursesPracticeMeditationBuddhismTypeDressesLifestyleRitualInsulted Author:Frederick Lenz
“Seeing occurs, of course, through stopping thought. Thought is the fog. When thought stops in meditation, at any point, when there's no thought, we see the other shore.” CoursesMeditationSeeingShoreStoppingFog Author:Frederick Lenz
“One day I was meditating on a cliff overlooking the ocean in Southern California and I was absorbed in a state of high meditation. As I came out of the meditation and became aware of the sense world the world around me I knew that I had a new name. And the name, of course, was Rama.” WorldStatesCoursesNamesMeditationOne DayOceanCaliforniaSouthernCliffsRamaMeditatingSouthern CaliforniaOverlooking Author:Frederick Lenz
“Throughout the course of my life, I have been very fortunate to have had excellent teachers - not just in meditation, but in martial arts, music, scuba diving, and in my academic education.” Has BeensArtCoursesTeacherMeditationExcellentFortunateMartial ArtsAcademicRamaDivingArt MusicScubaAcademic EducationScuba Diving Author:Frederick Lenz
“Meditation is a death - death of all that you are now. Of course there will be a resurrection, but that will be a totally new, fresh original being which you are not even aware is hidden in you.” CoursesMeditationOriginalsResurrection Author:Rajneesh
“There are techniques of Buddhism, such as meditation, that anyone can adopt. And, of course, there are Christian monks and nuns who already use Buddhist methods in order to develop their devotion, compassion, and ability to forgive.” UseChristianOrderCoursesAbilityCompassionMeditationBuddhismMethodForgivingTechniqueDevotionBuddhistMonkNun Author:Dalai Lama
“In the beginning of my twenties, I started transcendental meditation. For years I did nothing else. Every holiday I went to courses. Meditation is a real simple instrument. You don't need a long beard or a sari. It's meant to bring you to yourself. It's as easy as that. And that's what it's all about, being alone with yourself every day, for 20 minutes in the morning and 20 minutes in the evening.” NeedsYearsLongRealCoursesEasySimpleMorningMeditationMinutesTwentiesInstrumentsEveningHolidayBeardTranscendentalTranscendental MeditationSari Author:Peter Lindbergh
“In my 20s, my mom and I went and saw the bridges of Madison County, which are in Iowa, and I had seen that movie with Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep. I've always done these Iowa road trips. I did this transcendental meditation course in Fairfield, Iowa. So I've known since my early 20s that someday I would buy a farm in Iowa.” DoneCoursesKnownSawsMeditationMomMy MomBridgesSomedayFarmsCountyTranscendentalIowaRoad TripMadisonTranscendental MeditationEarly 20s Author:Lissie
“I smoke weed, of course. That's like meditation for me. Watching movies is a really good escape as well.” WellsCoursesMeditationSmokeWeedSmoke WeedI Smoke Weed Author:Wiz Khalifa
“I have seen that there are a number of people who benefit from doing loving kindness meditation, either prior to or along with mindfulness meditation. It varies from person to person of course, but for many, their practice of mindfulness will bring along old habits of self-judgment and ruthless criticism, so it is not actually mindfulness.” PeoplePersonsSelfCoursesNumbersPracticeKindnessMeditationHabitBenefitsJudgmentMindfulnessCriticismRuthlessVaryLoving KindnessOld HabitsMeditation Mindfulness Author:Sharon Salzberg
“In the meditation, of course, the question is repeated and repeated until you run out of answers - or so I hear.” RunningCoursesAnswersMeditation Author:Quentin S. Crisp
“In the beginning of my twenties, I started transcendental meditation. For years, I did nothing else. Every holiday, I went to courses. Meditation is a real simple instrument. You don't need a long beard or a sari. It's meant to bring you to yourself. It's as easy as that.” NeedsYearsLongRealCoursesEasySimpleMeditationTwentiesInstrumentsHolidayBeardTranscendentalTranscendental MeditationSari Author:Peter Lindbergh
“Some people think that meditation takes time away from physical accomplishment. Taken to extremes, of course, that's true. Most people, however, find that meditation creates more time than it takes.” PeopleThinkingCoursesTakenMeditationYogaExtremesAccomplishmentMore TimeTake TimeCalmingMeditation PracticeMeditation MindTime AwayMeditation And YogaYoga MeditationMeditation LifeDaily MeditationInspirational Meditation Book:Life 101: Everything We Wish We Had Learned about Life in School--but Didn't Source: Life 101: Everything We Wish We Had Learned about Life in School--but Didn't
“I'm a great supporter of transcendental meditation. I've been using it for almost 40 years now - and I think it's a great tool for anyone to have, to be able to utilize as a tool for stress. Stress, of course, comes with almost every business. I think there are enough studies out there that show that TM is something that could benefit anybody. It's a great system to use. Otherwise, why would I've been doing it for all these years, for almost half of my life?” ThinkingYearsEnoughUseShowsAbleCoursesHalfStudyMeditationBenefitsToolsStressSupporterTranscendentalTranscendental Meditation Author:Clint Eastwood