“Devote the mind to confusion and we know only too well, if we´re honest, that it will become a dark master of confusion, adept in its addictions, subtle and perversely supple in its slaveries. Devote it in meditation to the task of freeing itself from illusion, and we will find that, with time, patience, discipline, and the right training, our mind will begin to unknot itself and know its essential bliss and clarity.” IfsKnowsMindWellsDarkPracticeMeditationHonestMastersDisciplineEssentialsTrainingIllusionTasksSlaveryAddictionConfusionClarityBlissSubtleMeditation PracticeAdeptSuppleTime Patience Book:Glimpse After Glimpse: Daily Reflections on Living and Dying Source: Glimpse After Glimpse: Daily Reflections on Living and Dying
“If you intend to study the mind, you must have systematic training; you must practice to bring the mind under your control, to attain to that consciousness from which you will be able to study the mind and remain unmoved by any of its wild gyrations. Otherwise the facts observed will not be reliable; they will not apply to all people and therefore will not be truly facts or data at all.” PeopleIfsMindFactsAbleConsciousnessPracticeStudyDisciplineTrainingDataSystematic Book:Prabuddha Bharata: Or Awakened India Source: Prabuddha Bharata: Or Awakened India
“For a lot of people, poetry tends to be dull. It's not read much. It takes a special kind of training and a lot of practice to read poetry with pleasure. It's like learning to like asparagus.” PeopleKindPleasurePracticeSpecialTrainingDullAsparagus Author:Thomas M. Disch
“As a magician, I try to show things to people that seem impossible. And I think magic, whether I'm holding my breath or shuffling a deck of cards, is pretty simple. It's practice, it's training, and It's practice, it's training and experimenting, while pushing through the pain to be the best that I can be. And that's what magic is to me.” PeopleThinkingTryingI CanShowsSeemsPainSimplePracticeImpossibleMagicTrainingBreathsCardsBeing The BestPushingMagicianDeckShufflingDeck Of CardsPushing Through Author:David Blaine