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“I have had moments where I've had mental-health issues and I've felt like yoga and meditating and reading these Buddhist self-help books actually really help.”

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Author:Mike White

“The person who's in the Zen monastery, who's doing a kind of poor job at meditating and a half-ass job cleaning the gardens is not doing very good yoga.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“Thus meditating you will no longer strive to build yourself up in your prejudices, but, forgetting self, you will remember only that you are seeking the Truth.”

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Book:As a Man Thinketh & The Way of Peace

Source: As a Man Thinketh & The Way of Peace

“When I started meditating, even doing yoga, I felt like it was hard to allow myself to develop any other kind of practice [outside of Judaism], like I was somehow being untrue to my heritage, and that was something I had to get over and was probably the greatest revelation to me.”

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Author:Dani Shapiro

“I've been meditating as part of my yoga practice for so long, I can't remember when I started.”

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Author:Donna Karan

“Meditation is painful in the beginning but it bestows immortal Bliss and supreme joy in the end.”

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Author:Sivananda

“Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.”

“Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It is a way of entering into the quiet that is already there - buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day”

“The soul loves to meditate, for in contact with the Spirit lies its greatest joy. If, then you experience mental resistance during meditation, remember that reluctance to meditate comes from the ego; it doesn't belong to the soul.”

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Book:The Essence of Self-Realization: The Wisdom of Paramhansa Yogananda

Source: The Essence of Self-Realization: The Wisdom of Paramhansa Yogananda

“The mind of one meditating on a single object becomes one-pointed. And one-pointedness of mind leads to abidance in the self. Real attainment is to be fully conscious, to be aware of surroundings and the people around, to move among them all, but not to merge consciousness in the environment. One should remain in inner independent awareness.”

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Author:Ramana Maharshi

“The gift of learning to meditate is the greatest gift you can give yourself in this lifetime.”

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Author:Sogyal Rinpoche

“Meditating together is the best way to feel the collectivity.”

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Author:Nirmala Srivastava

“Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in eternal awareness or pure consciousness.”

“The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.”

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Author:Confucius

“The man who sat on the ground in his tipi meditating on life and its meaning, accepting the kinship of all creatures and acknowledging unity with the universe of things, was infusing into his being the true essence of civilization.”

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Book:Land of the Spotted Eagle

Source: Land of the Spotted Eagle

“According to the American Psychological Association, the most effective stress-relief strategies are exercising or playing sports, praying or attending a religious service, reading, listening to music, spending time with friends or family, getting a massage, going outside of ra walk, meditating or doing yoga, and spending time with a creative hobby. The least effective strategies are gambling, shopping, smoking, drinking, eating, playing video games, surfing the Internet, and watching TV or movies for more than two hours.”