~ Jim Goodwin and Sydney J. Harris ~. It includes all these quotes and hundreds more. Give the child a taste of meditation by creating a climate and atmosphere of love, acceptance and silence. Mindfulness Meditation Quotes. It will never fail you.” Frank Lloyd Wright It means we can still be crazy after all these years. Schedule it as you would an extremely important appointment, and unfailingly keep your appointment. Whether you are looking for meditation quotes for anxiety and stress, or to for inspiration in your journey of personal growth, emotional healing, or spiritual awakening—you will find here several words of guidance. Self-observation is the first step of inner unfolding. There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth: not going all the way, and not starting. Some stay at water hole to drink. Beyond the mind there is no suffering. You are the knower of knowledge; you perceive perceiving. Be here now. Even after the spell is broken these mental tendencies may arise, but without any power, just like you can see the moon in the daylight. It is already there, but obstructed by a screen of thoughts. As we sit, the self we’ve been trying to construct and make into a nice, neat package continues to unravel. Click here for instructions on how to enable JavaScript in your browser. Meditation applies the brakes to the mind. Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul. Nature Meditation -- Eyes Open. The whole life is a succession of dreams. What you feel, you attract. Believe in yourself and the world will be at your feet. Go within every day and find the inner strength, so that the world cannot blow your candle out. Instead you will just get bogged down in mental concepts. I can’t stand this another minute! Pema Chödrön . Why? “Meditation will bring you more and more intelligence, infinite intelligence, a radiant intelligence. while meditating we feel a deep sense of intimacy with God, a love that is inexplicable.” Paramhamsa Yogananda, 24. Pain is physical; suffering is mental. Kinda like when you have to shut your computer down, just sometimes when it goes crazy, you just shut it down and when you turn it on, it’s okay again. Explore 424 Meditation Quotes by authors including Dick Van Dyke, Dalai Lama, and Benjamin Disraeli at BrainyQuote. Your ability to break an unhealthy habit or turn off an old tape doesn’t depend on how long it has been running; a shift in perspective doesn’t depend on how long you’ve held on to the old view. If you pay attention to thoughts and feelings while you meditate and try to use them to evaluate how well or how badly you are meditating, you will never reach the ultimate silence. Loving-kindness towards ourselves doesn’t mean getting rid of anything. Paramahansa Yogananda. Yet, they are here to cater for practitioners of all levels of experience and interest. Realize this, and you will find strength.” … n. Mark Coleman, a psychotherapist and life coach, is author of Awake in the Wild: Mindfulness in Nature as a Path of Self-Discovery. Your mind is your instrument. “Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. Stay! —Rachel Carson, Silent Spring. Mindfulness isn’t difficult, we just need to remember to do it. Aristotle. It is sometimes said that the first stages of the meditation process are the most difficult. If every 8-year old in the world is taught meditation, we will eliminate violence from the world within one generation. Don’t worry about whether you are making progress or not. It’s like having a charger for your whole body and mind. Meditation is offering your genuine presence to yourself in every moment. Be conscious of yourself as consciousness alone, watch all the thoughts come and go. If you want peace, deserve it. That in itself begins to illuminate the darkness of ignorance. Whatever state I am in, I see it as a state of mind to be accepted as it is. The current of meditation must be present in all your activities.