“There are planes that are not light. There are planes that are shadowy. But that is not our interest in meditation. We want brightness, ecstasy, brilliance beyond comprehension.” WantLightInterestMeditationPlanesEcstasyBrillianceComprehensionBrightness Author:Frederick Lenz
“As Eastern thought has begun to interest a significant number of people, and meditation is no longer viewed with ridicule or suspicion, mysticism is being taken seriously even within the scientific community. An increasing number of scientists are aware that mystical thought provides a consistent and relevant philosophical background to the theories of Contemporary science, a conception of the world in which the scientific discoveries of men and women can be in perfect harmony with their spiritual aims and religious beliefs.” PeopleMenWorldSpiritualBeliefInterestCommunityReligiousPerfectNumbersMeditationTheoryMen And WomenDiscoveryScientistHarmonyPhilosophicalAimSignificantContemporaryConsistentMysticismConceptionRelevantSuspicionMysticalEasternRidiculeReligious BeliefTokensScientific DiscoveryPerfect HarmonySignificant Numbers Author:Fritjof Capra
“It is belief in the Bible, the fruits of deep meditation, which has served me as the guide of my moral and literary life. I have found capital safely invested and richly productive of interest, although I have sometimes made but a bad use of it.” MadeSometimesUseFoundBeliefInterestMoralMeditationBibleFruitGuidesProductiveDeep MeditationBelief In The Bible Book:Memoirs of Goethe: Source: Memoirs of Goethe:
“Where no interest is takes in science, literature and liberal pursuits, mere facts and insignificant criticisms necessarily become the themes of discourse; and minds, strangers alike to activity and meditation, become so limited as to render all intercourse with them at once tasteless and oppressive.” MindFactsCultureLiteratureInterestMeditationActivityCriticismMereStrangerPursuitThemeDiscourseInsignificantIntercourse Author:Madame de Stael
“My own interest in Yoga came from a vague understanding of Indian thought and Indian philosophy in the late sixties and early seventies and from looking at the idea of meditation and at what meditation was.” IdeasPhilosophyUnderstandingInterestMy OwnMeditationLateYogaIndianSixtyVagueSeventies Author:Paul Harvey
“Doing meditation you may need to experiment to discover what kinds of thoughts are best for your own unique interests and situation. For you it might be a repetitive "mantra," or simply an open state of watching your breath, like in the Buddhist tradition.” NeedsKindMayStatesMightInterestSituationMeditationUniqueTraditionBreathsExperimentsBuddhistMantrasRepetitiveDoing Me Author:Tim McCarthy
“I have a lot of friends who have hula-hoops, it's like a mixture of dance and athletics and exercise, meditation. It's a healthy hobby I think. I can do a few tricks, I can hoop from my neck and shoulders, and I can do a few moves, a few tricks! I can walk through the hoop whilst it's spinning. I feel like there's definitely an interest in promoting the hula-hoop as an important pastime!” ThinkingFeelsI CanImportantMovingInterestCan DoWalksMeditationExerciseHealthyTricksShouldersNecksHobbiesMixturesPromotingSpinningAthleticsPastimeLots Of FriendsHula Author:Sufjan Stevens
“I am totally amazed at the spread of interest in meditation. When I first came back from studying in India in 1974, I would be asked in social situations what I did. When I replied, "I teach meditation" they would frequently look at me as though to say "That is weird," and sort of sidle away.” FirstsLooksWould BeSocialInterestSituationTeachStudyMeditationIndiaSpreadAmazedLook At Me Author:Sharon Salzberg
“It is more than probable that I am not understood; but I fear, indeed, that it is in no manner possible to convey to the mind of the merely general reader, an adequate idea of that nervous intensity of interest with which, in my case, the powers of meditation (not to speak technically) busied and buried themselves, in the contemplation of even the most ordinary objects of the universe.” MindIdeasUniverseSpeakInterestCasesMeditationObjectsReaderOrdinaryUnderstoodNervousContemplationBuriedIntensityAdequate Book:Tales by Edgar Allan Poe Source: Tales by Edgar Allan Poe
“The critical element in meditation practice is beginning again. Everyone loses focus at times, everyone loses interest at times, and everyone gets distracted over and over again. What is essential, and also incredibly transforming, is realizing that we have the ability to begin again, without blaming or judging ourselves, without thinking we have failed, without losing heart, we can, and need to, constantly be beginning again.” ThinkingNeedsHeartInterestRealizingLosesAbilityPracticeFocusMeditationJudgingEssentialsElementsLosingYogaBlameCriticalDistractedTransformingBegin AgainMeditation Practice Author:Sharon Salzberg