Meditation: Because some answers can only be found on the Inner net.

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I can be alone without being lonely. In fact, those times of solitude are necessary respite for a beleaguered soul, set upon by the pressures of life. I need to take whatever moments I can...

Can you be alone without being lonely? Can you spend time by yourself without craving noise or company of other people? Have you discovered the glory of quiet time spent alone, time spent listening to...

Be aware of yourself without thinking or looking in the mirror

Speak less, listen deeply.

I have to admit that ever since I started to rip-up the lawns of rich people I have felt a lot calmer!

The modern mind is overstimulated and the modern body is understimulated and overfed. Meditation, exercise, and fasting restore an ancient balance.

Cut the cords of attachment. Expand the circle of love.

Meditation is intermittent fasting for the mind. Too much sugar leads to a heavy body, and too many distractions lead to a heavy mind. Time spent undistracted and alone, in self-examination, journaling, meditation, resolves the...

To master life, control the mind. To control the mind, guard your speech.

When we disrespect a person, we disrespect God

Maggunitanay ta, unya binanwagan sa bituon, / Latason ta ang hataas nga patag sa kagabhion.(Let us hold hands, and guided by the stars, / Let us tread the long pathway of the night.)

There is no destination except the one inside of you.

Carefully analyze the old stories that you choose to perpetually tell, for these are really life-long meditations.

Suffering is due to our disconnection with the inner soul. Meditation is establishing that connection.

Observing your thoughts, feelings & sensations is the grist of the practice.

A close examination of the instructions in the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta reveals that the meditator is never instructed to interfere actively with what happens in the mind. If a mental hindrance arises, for example, the task...

I could not give up either of these worlds, neither the book I am holding nor the gleaming forest, though I have told you almost nothing of what is said here on these grim pages,...

[On scientist Carl Friedrich Gauss][Carl Friedrich] Gauss told his friend Rudolf Wagner, a professor of biology at Gottingen University, that he did not believe in the Bible but that he had meditated a great deal...

Anything that appears and disappears cannot actually be you because it is being observed by you. By removing the attention from these things and noticing what remains, you are left only with what is permanent...

As meditation deepens, compulsions, cravings, and fits of emotions begin to lose their power to dictate our behavior. We see clearly that choices are possible: we can say yes, or we can say no…. “All...

Part of why I love these angry, straight, white punks is that they are stripping the dharma of its bullshit, and applying it to contexts and styles that, even if they aren’t mine, are at...

No amount of meditation, yoga, diet, and reflection will make all of our problems go away, but we can transform our difficulties into our practice until little by little they guide us on our way.

We carry about us the burden of what thousands of people have said and the memories of all our misfortunes. To abandon all that is to be alone, and the mind that is alone is...

To the degree we give power to anything outside ourselves we become powerless

No difference, good or bad. Thoughts like birds in mind. Some fly in. Some fly out. Some stay at water hole to drink. Beware of birds that linger.

By becoming aware of God’s Spirit, by slowing down and paying attention to the tastes and sounds and smells of the food we make and eat, we infuse our meals—and by extension our hearts—with a...

A good traveller is one who knows how to travel with the mind.

The Light is always there. How much light comes to you depends on you.

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

Meditation trains the mind the way physical exercise strengthens the body.

They will become Godly when they will have God in their hearts.

Zazen is better than a home. Zazen is a home that you can’t ever lose.

To attain to enlightenment is to attain to all. When you are not, you become the whole.

Respond; don’t react.Listen; don’t talk.Think; don’t assume.

Presence is the capacity to be present for another person with an open heart and to be grounded in our inner being. It is to be present for another person as a supporting light, as...

One of my relatives invented the sensory deprivation tank. Appropriately, most of my family has never seen or heard of him.

stay” and settle down. Are we experiencing restlessness? Stay! Are fear and loathing out of control? Stay! Aching knees and throbbing back? Stay! What’s for lunch? Stay! I can’t stand this another minute! Stay!”

Yesterday I talked about cultivating precision, gentleness, and openess, and described how the meditation technique helps us to remember the qualities that we already possess.

The truly Christian imagination never lets Jesus Christ out of her sight.

To live without an aim is to wander in a wilderness.

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

True oneness is found in quiet meditation with nature.

When you commune with your ever-present inner calm, you are released from the madness and pain of all outer turmoil.

Success comes from finding your center and self.

Your thoughts are your message to the world. Just as the rays are the messages of the Sun.

Praise & esteem can feel good, which is fine, but don’t look to them for inner peace & lasting happiness.

Biking and love do not make sense without your personal experience

Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyel, when asked how to strike a better balance between family, work and self-realisation says: “You need the intention, good scheduling, and you have to be creative. If you don’t find time to practice,...