“One practice I rely on all the time is basic meditation which allows me to strip away the noise. It's like the old-fashioned dial on the radio, where you were getting static and then you found that clear, sweet spot on the dial, where the music would come through. That's what meditation is for me. Dialling out the static, the noise, the anxiety, the fear, and coming into a place that's deep and quiet. It's like dropping into a well of inspiration and wisdom.” WellsInspirationFoundPracticeClearMeditationSweetQuietAnxietyRadioNoiseSpotsRelyOld FashionedDroppingStatic Author:Elizabeth Lesser
“The soul of a true christian, as I then wrote my meditations, appeared like such a little white flower as we see in the spring of the year; low and humble on the ground, opening its bosom to receive the pleasant beams of the sun’s glory; rejoicing, as it were, in a calm rapture; diffusing around a sweet fragrancy; standing peacefully and lovingly, in the midst of other flowers round about; all in like manner opening their bosoms to drink in the light of the sun.” YearsLittlesSoulLightChristianWhiteSunMeditationSweetFlowerDrinkSpringLowsGloryStandingRoundsCalmHumbleOpeningPleasantMidstRejoiceBosomsBeamRaptureWhite Flowers Book:The Works of Jonathan Edwards Source: The Works of Jonathan Edwards
“I don't think most people know how to meditate - they fall asleep and they call it meditation. I prefer a kind of sweet, deep, rich prayer in which a person goes in and says, Take me down deep into the reason you gave me life. Take me down deep. It silences the chaos in me. Take me away from my sense. I need to go away now, because I'm in chaos - take me down deep. Hover over me, because I need grace. I say that a lot, many times a day. So that's my practice.” PeopleThinkingKnowsNeedsKindPersonsReasonFallPrayerSilencePracticeKnow HowRichGraceMeditationSweetChaosGoing AwayTake MeTake Me Away Author:Caroline Myss
“I've been moved in recent days by Psalm 104:34-35: "I will sing to the Lord as long as I live. I will give praise to my God while I have my being. My meditation of him will be sweet. I will be glad in the Lord." And with my song I want to praise Him.” WantGivingLongSongLordMeditationSweetPraiseMovedGladPsalms Author:Cliff Barrows
“My mother told me, "Memorize the hymnbook and the Psalms of David, and you'll find them to be the greatest help in preaching and sharing your faith with others." Mother was right. I can't see to read anymore, but "my meditation of Him shall be sweet" (Psalm 104:34). And He constantly speaks to me.” I CanHelpingMotherSpeakMeditationSweetPreachingPsalms Author:Cliff Barrows
“We are uncomfortable because everything in our life keeps changing -- our inner moods, our bodies, our work, the people we love, the world we live in. We can't hold on to anything -- a beautiful sunset, a sweet taste, an intimate moment with a lover, our very existence as the body/mind we call self -- because all things come and go. Lacking any permanent satisfaction, we continuously need another injection of fuel, stimulation, reassurance from loved ones, medicine, exercise, and meditation. We are continually driven to become something more, to experience something else.” PeopleWorldNeedsMindSelfMomentsBodyBeautifulExistenceOur LivesMeditationSweetLoversExerciseTasteAll ThingsMedicineSatisfactionDrivenMoodPermanentUncomfortableIntimateFuelSunsetLoved OnesLackingComes And GoesStimulationReassuranceInjectionBeautiful SunsetIntimate Moments Book:Radical Acceptance: Awakening the Love that Heals Fear and Shame Source: Radical Acceptance: Awakening the Love that Heals Fear and Shame