“Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.” MenSoulInspirationMeditationSolitudePhilosophicalYour SoulSolitaryRetreatBeing AloneMeditation PracticeSeclusionMeditation LifeSpirit And SoulPeace Of SoulDaily MeditationInspirational MeditationSoul ManSolitary ManNowhere To Turn Author:Marcus Aurelius
“When I was in retreat I just did my meditation sessions and, in-between, reading and things I had to do.” ReadingMeditationRetreatSession Author:Tenzin Palmo
“We've just done a five-day retreat at the Chopra centre and people who went to the meditation retreat saw their anti-ageing enzyme increase by 40 per cent. We looked at their 23,000 genes and the self-healing genes were up regulated and all the genes related to heart disease, cancer and inflammatory diseases, diabetes, they all went down within five days.” PeopleHeartSelfDoneHealingFiveSawsMeditationDiseaseIncreaseCancerRelatedGenesCentsCentreRetreatAgeingDiabetesSelf HealingHeart DiseaseEnzymes Author:Deepak Chopra
“I went on a meditation retreat. In 10 or so days, I spent about a hundred hours meditating, observing 'noble silence' the whole time, and so on. This was an interesting experience, which has had some beneficial effects for me.” WholeHoursInterestingSilenceMeditationEffectsHundredNobleRetreatObservingBeneficialMeditating Author:Quentin S. Crisp
“My earliest experiences in meditation were in a context of intensive retreats.” MeditationRetreat Author:Sharon Salzberg
“Being the Stream Meditation is not just a rest or retreat from the turmoil of the stream or the impurity of the world. It is a way of being the stream, so that one can be at home in both the white water and the eddies. Meditation may take one out of the world, but it also puts one totally into it.” WorldWayMayHomeWaterWhiteMeditationStreamsRetreatTurmoilImpurityWhite Water Author:Gary Snyder