“The goal of meditation is precisely to make your mind smooth and manageable so that it can be concentrated or relaxed at will; and especially to free it from the tyranny of mental afflictions and confusion” MindGoalMeditationTyrannyConfusionSmoothAfflictionRelaxedManageable Book:The Art of Meditation Source: The Art of Meditation
“There is a common misunderstanding that during meditation the mind should never engage in processing thoughts. It is okay in meditation for the mind to move into many different directions, while at the same time attempting to return to a centered, relaxed state of mind.” ShouldMindDifferentStatesMovingCommonMeditationReturnOkayState Of MindRelaxedMisunderstandingAttemptingProcessingDifferent Directions Author:Tim McCarthy
“Well, when you're relaxed, your mind takes you to the whole reality. There's no such thing as time when you're really relaxed. That's why meditation works.” MindWellsWholeRealityMeditationRelaxed Author:Shirley MacLaine
“Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths, or the turning inwards in prayer for five short minutes.” TwoImportantSometimesWholePrayerFiveMeditationMinutesYogaStressBreathsImportant ThingsAppreciationRelaxSelf CareRelaxationRelaxedDeep BreathRestfulRest Of LifeWork StressRejuvenationLife StressStress And LifeInspirational Stress ReliefResting And RelaxationRelaxation And StressTime To RelaxDay Of RestStress Related Book:Etty: The Letters and Diaries of Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943 Source: Etty: The Letters and Diaries of Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943
“Millions of people miss meditation because meditation has taken on a wrong connotation. It looks very serious, looks gloomy, has something of the church in it, looks as if it is only for people who are dead, or almost dead, who are gloomy, serious, have long faces, who have lost festivity, fun, playfulness, celebration.... A really meditative person is playful: life is fun for him.... He enjoys it tremendously. He is not serious. He is relaxed.” PeopleIfsLooksPersonsLongFacesLife IsLostFunEnjoyChurchMillionsTakenMeditationMissingSeriousCelebrationRelaxedGloomyConnotationPlayfulnessMiss MeFestivitiesLife Is FunSerious Look Author:Rajneesh
“Meditation is not something you do in the morning and you are finished with it, meditation is something that you have to go on living every moment of your life. Walking, sleeping, sitting, talking, listening - it has to become a kind of climate. A relaxed person remains in it. A person who goes on dropping the past remains meditative.” KindPersonsMomentsPastSleepTalkingMorningMeditationListeningGoes OnWalkingSittingRemainsClimateFinishedRelaxedDropping Author:Rajneesh