Meditation Quotes

...after much practice and struggle, you come to feel for yourself that enlightenment is not only possible, but in process.

~ Narissa Doumani

To be able to die consciously, we need to prepare for death while we are still living.Only if we live consciously, we can die consciously.Only a meditator is able to die consciously as life is an opportunity to prepare for death. Meditation is a death, a death of the ego. Death is not in opposition of life, death is the finale, the crescendo of life. How we die shows us how we have been living. Death is not an end, death is a new beginning, a new life.

~ Swami Dhyan Giten

Only a meditator is able to die consciously as life is an opportunity to prepare for death. Meditation is a death, a death of the ego.

~ Swami Dhyan Giten

Only if we live consciously, we can die consciously.

~ Swami Dhyan Giten

To be able to die consciously, we need to prepare for death while we are still living.

~ Swami Dhyan Giten

If you stick with the definition of spirituality as a peaceful internal state (a.k.a. deep, dreamless sleep while awake), then you will ignore some of the hallucinatory experiences that are bound to happen when you sit in silence (studies have shown that, in such circumstances, the mind often creates elaborate experiences and stories that are reminiscent of dreams) and refrain from interpreting them as something otherworldly.

~ Gudjon Bergmann

Simplicity is everywhere in nature, and meditation is a natural state. Meditation is a state of peaceful equilibrium, the fourth state of consciousness, and is always available to every single human being.

~ Gudjon Bergmann

We all want results and we want them fast. But, when practicing meditation, impatience is a hindrance.

~ Gudjon Bergmann

Love can flow like the river, fly with the bird, sing with the crickets at night. It is in the energy of the river, the flight of the bird, the song from the cricket. There is nowhere where love is not.

~ Janet G. Nestor

Once your heart overflows with love, another heart will follow. And so it goes. Yeshua: One Hundred Meaningful Messages for Messengers

~ Janet G. Nestor

Imagine a time before you had ever had chocolate. Going to lectures about chocolate would have been interesting. Reading about chocolate might have increased your appetite. But only tasting chocolate would have really made you understand how good chocolate can be. Only tasting— only experience.

~ Gudjon Bergmann

The moments of peace in between the mental practices are meditation.

~ Gudjon Bergmann

Meditation and mindfulness are tools for working with the mind, but where they have led me is to a blossoming of the heart...

~ Narissa Doumani

Concentration is the doorway through which the meditative state becomes available.

~ Gudjon Bergmann

Trust what is not known to your Mind. Trust what is known to your Heart.

~ Tony Samara

The Beloved is Always There, Actively Seeking You.

~ Tony Samara

When we understand that Peace is a state of mind we understand true Peace.

~ Tony Samara

The practice is simple. Whatever you're doing, do that with total awareness.

~ Tony Samara

When you deeply love someone from that space that is beyond attachment to certain projections or desires, when you love someone just deeply, totally, completely, without any games that the mind or emotions play, then that love remains eternal in the heavens forever, and that is what pulls you back to remembering that love.

~ Tony Samara

The activity of loving kindness is the bridge that allows you to slowly, slowly realise the wisdom and perfection of this moment.

~ Tony Samara

Satisfaction doesn't come from needs and desires or fulfilling them, it comes from being yourself, being true.

~ Tony Samara

Everything is temporary but the power of Love is Infinite because it is the space, it is Everything.

~ Tony Samara

In the solitude of meditation, when your conscious mind becomes quiet, your subconscious reveals herself.

~ Nityananda Das

Spiritual practice is allowing the temple (your body) to be full of light and to live life as a total celebration.

~ Tony Samara

The Divine has created this moment in time. It is a very powerful moment, where there is only one way and that way is that you completely let go. Completely let go of what is known, what is safe, and move into the space of beauty.

~ Tony Samara

Wisdom is a true activity of compassion. And so, meditation is the act of loving kindness. It is the activity where loving kindness is applied on all levels.

~ Tony Samara

Remember meditation is an active, deep remembrance, and that is discernment. Wherever you go, wherever you are, whatever you're doing, remember to utilize discernment so that you can hear and sense and feel the vibration of love rather than the vibration of illusion.

~ Tony Samara

The way to Bliss is through Understanding, through Wisdom.

~ Tony Samara

Where ego comes in, loving kindness departs. So wherever there is ego, there is very little space for true bliss and true happiness because true bliss and true happiness isn't exclusive to the attachments the ego enjoys playing with, but rather a free state of mind that is part of loving kindness and its activities inside and outside of oneself.

~ Tony Samara

Relaxation is… a state between waking and sleeping, where the body is completely still and the mind is allowed to flow freely from one thought to another, or alternately, a state in which the mind becomes inadvertently calm.

~ Gudjon Bergmann

The natural consequence of being connected to the depth, what I call the soul, or your essence, is the attribute of joy.

~ Tony Samara

During the Meiji era, the Japanese Zen master, Nan-in had a visitor from a respected university – a professor who wanted to learn about Zen. Nan-in served the professor a pot of tea, but when the cupwas full, he continued pouring until the cup was overflowing. The startled professor watched in amazement until he could no longer restrain himself from intervening, “The cup is full and no more will go in. You’re making a mess!” “Like this cup,” Nan-insaid, “You are full of your own opinions, artificial concepts and negative speculations. How can I show you Zen unless you first empty your cup?” Like the learned professor who wanted to understand spirituality, you too must empty your cup and have an open mind and heart.

~ Christopher Dines

You said to your mind, I want everyone to like me. I don't want anyone to speak badly of me. I want everything I say and do to be acceptable and pleasing to everyone. I don't want anyone to hurt me. I don't want anything to happen that I don't like. And I want everything to happen that I do like. Then you said, Now mind, figure out how to make every one of these things a reality, even if you have to think about it day and night. And of course your mind said, I'm on the job, I will work on it constantly.

~ Michael Singer

On a surface level, all one finds is repeated forms of shallow whispers. Having the courage to explore deeply, a wealth of buried infinite lifetimes emerge - an undeniable force.

~ T.f. Hodge

The only thing that seems to differ between the major schools of meditation is the point of concentration. Some traditions use mantras, others follow the breath, some have their eyes open, others have their eyes closed, some use simple words, others use prayers and the list can go on. Despite extravagant claims to the contrary, modern research has found no significant difference between the points of concentration at the beginning stages of meditation, which means it doesn’t really matter which mantra, word or phrase you choose to begin with. The main thing is to practice whatever meditation method that you have chosen; sit still and let the mind settle.

~ Gudjon Bergmann

The building blocks of meditation are relaxation and concentration. If you cannot relax, you cannot meditate. If you cannot concentrate, you cannot meditate. No exceptions.

~ Gudjon Bergmann

There is nothing wrong in being selfish provided you know where your self interest are. Once you start meditating regularly you will come to a stage where you will realize that selfish action are those which brings peace and welfare to all and not only for yourself.

~ Subodh Gupta

Concentration is… a relaxed mental state, where the stream of consciousness flows in a single direction, either focusing on a phrase or mental picture, or alternately, a state in which the mind is alert and aware.

~ Gudjon Bergmann

Meditation is… a state that can best be described as deep dreamless sleep while awake.

~ Gudjon Bergmann

You see, meditation is not a fabricated state. It is natural. It is accessible to all. And in the same way that a person who learns how to run, can run any time they want to, or, a person who knows how to play an instrument can play music at will, once you learn how to meditate, you can create your moments of peace at will.

~ Gudjon Bergmann