“One or two of my friends set longevity records for people who had AIDS. What they did, incredibly hard though it was, was to practice meditation, positive thinking and they worked out physically quite a bit.” PeopleThinkingTwoHardBitsPracticeRecordsMeditationPositive ThinkingHealthBuddhismMy FriendsAidsLongevityAthletics Author:Frederick Lenz
“Meditation is something that is indigenous to the heart, which makes it hard to talk about. We don't necessarily need to talk about it too much other than to get a sense of the practice.” NeedsHeartHardPracticeToo MuchMeditationBuddhismIndigenous Author:Frederick Lenz
“With the power of one's will we stop thought and move into alternate forms of perception. We gain that power through practicing very, very, very hard each day when we meditate to stop our thoughts.” HardMovingFormMeditationBuddhismPerceptionGainsEach DayOur ThoughtsPower Of One Author:Frederick Lenz
“These days it seems the lyric impulse, so seemingly fragile, comes in for a lot of abuse-or simply a lot of mistrust. What's it for, anyway, in this hard-edged, worried world? Into this cultural uncertainty Gregory Orr's spirited meditation on the surprisingly tensile strength of poetry in the face of profound suffering and grief presents a welcome fresh view of the ancient human instinct to cry out and to praise.” WorldHumansHardSeemsFacesSufferingViewsGriefMeditationCryAbusePraiseInstinctProfoundAncientWelcomeWorriedImpulseUncertaintyThese DaysFragileMistrustSpirited Author:Patricia Hampl
“The early masters also introduced walking meditation and hard work to the monastery, for too much sitting could reach the point of diminishing returns.” HardWorkToo MuchMeditationMastersHard WorkReturnWalkingSittingMonasteriesWalking MeditationDiminishing Returns Book:Zen and the Brain: Toward an Understanding of Meditation and Consciousness Source: Zen and the Brain: Toward an Understanding of Meditation and Consciousness
“Meditation ... must be power of will and strength of attention, being like a flight to great heights wherein wings must be plied hard though joyfully.” HardAttentionMeditationWingsFlightHeightWill PowerGreat Heights Author:James Vila Blake
“Meditation is like farming... the right soil is required to grow anything, nothing will grow if the soil is polluted by striving or pushing too hard.” IfsHardGrowsMeditationStriveSoilPushingFarming Author:Jon Kabat-Zinn
“Sometimes people start to meditate and they get a headache. It's because they're trying too hard. You're pulling in too much energy.” PeopleTryingSometimesHardEnergyToo MuchMeditationBuddhismPullingHeadacheTrying Too Hard Author:Frederick Lenz
“We should be able to bring the practice of meditation hall into our daily lives. We need to discuss among ourselves how to do it. Do you practice breathing between phone calls? Do you practice smiling while cutting carrots? Do you practice relaxation after hard hours of work? These are practical questions. If you know how to apply meditation to dinner time, leisure time, sleeping time, it will penetrate your daily life, and it will also have a tremendous effect on social concerns.” IfsKnowsNeedsShouldHardAbleSocialHoursSleepPracticeKnow HowMeditationCuttingEffectsConcernPhonesDinnerPracticalsBreathingDaily LifeHallsLeisureRelaxationPenetratePhone CallsCarrotsLeisure TimeDinner Time Author:Nhat Hanh
“The most common way people could do time-travel would be a form of meditation in which you don't get caught up in your thoughts and don't make patterns of logical consequences follow as a result of your thinking process. It's very hard for most of us to do that if we think about it. But if you start to watch the process by which things come into being, and you begin to witness from the point of view of watching the words form, then you're beginning to move into the non-temporal mindset, or that which is free of time.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayHardWould BeMovingFormProcessResultsViewsCommonWatchesMeditationConsequencePatternsCaughtMindsetPoint Of ViewWitnessLogicalTime TravelCaught UpThinking Process Author:Fred Alan Wolf
“I spent so much of my life reading about spirituality and reading about neuroscience and trying different meditation practices. It's a really big part of my life. But it's sometimes hard to talk about. There are so many people in the world who don't live in Southern California and don't spend their time meditating.” PeopleWorldTryingDifferentSometimesHardBigsSpiritualityReadingPracticeMeditationCaliforniaSouthernNeuroscienceMeditatingMeditation PracticeSouthern California Author:Moby
“Meditation is hard. You are constantly trying to focus on one thing, usually your breath, and your mind is going to go berserk.” TryingMindHardFocusMeditationOne ThingBreathsBerserkFocus On One Thing Author:Dan Harris