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

Through meditation, difficult thoughts and emotions may well rise up. And through practice, you can meet such emotions with kindness, listen to them, explore them and then really let them go.

The practice of forgiveness is very much like the practice of meditation. You have to do it often and persist at it in order to be any good.

In the same way a cluttered room becomes difficult to walk, a cluttered mind becomes difficult to think. Meditation is simply a daily housekeeping practice; therefore, put the thoughts away where they belong, take out...

Like the best convenience store in the world, / the mind is always open.

Left alone, I am overtaken by the northern void-no wind, no cloud, no track, no bird, only the crystal crescents between peaks, the ringing monuments of rock that, freed from the talons of ice and...

this is good, this is bad,” you have already jumped onto the thought process. It takes a little time to create a gap between the witness and the mind. Once the gap is there, you...

We live in a network of inter connectivity.

I should have titled it “Diet Like Your Life Depended On It!” because it’s about so much more than just beating Diabetes.

The mother is the child’s first relationship, his whole world, his existence. If there is love in the relationship between the child and the mother, the child learns to trust himself, to trust others and...

We know Existence, because we are existence. We know Truth, because we are truth.We know Life, because we are life itself.The mind cannot remember this, because it is an experience far removed from it. The...

During the summer I meditated outside in nature. Listening to the wind with the ears are like listening to mere noise, but listening to the wind blowing through the trees from the inner silence and...

Now an extraordinary and helpful fact is that by making Mind the object of our attention, not only does the serenity which is its nature begin to well up of its own accord but its...

Nobody ever gets to nirvana without going through samsara. Nobody ever gets to heaven, without going through hell. The center of all things, the truth, is surrounded by demons.

It’s very helpful to realize that being here, sitting in meditation, doing simple everyday things like working, walking outside, talking with people, bathing, using the toilet, and eating, is actually all that we need to...

If you cannot recollect yourself continuously, do so once a day at least, in the morning or in the evening. In the morning make a resolution and in the evening examine yourself on what you...

Beyond speech and mind,Into the river of ever-effulgent LightMy heart dives.Today thousands of doors, closed for millennia,Are opened wide.

Respect those elder to you in years, in knowledge and spiritual attainment and act with love and compassion with those who are younger or less fortunate than you.

Never be proud but show humility towards others, true wisdom lies in being humble.

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

A primary rule of practice is meditation with no objects or anchors. Just concentrate on the breath.

There is never a reason good enough to be out of alignment with peace.

Start deep within yourself and slowly build outward toward your goal.

Life is so humbling, when we slow down and witness the gifts.

The easiest way to get touch with this universal power is through silent Prayer. Shut your eyes, shut your mouth, and open your heart. This is the golden rule of prayer. Prayer should be soundless...

That’s why it’s called a practice. We have to practice a practice if it is to be of value.

The Pāli term for “feeling” is vedanā, derived from the verb vedeti, which means both “to feel” and “to know”. In its usage in the discourses, vedanā comprises both bodily and mental feelings. Vedanā does...

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 thoughtsthe average person thinks every day

do nothing” to still the mind, quiet fears, or resolve conflicts—all of this is doing something. It only leads to more struggling and prevents you from seeing the actual nature of thought and internal conflict....

Even amazing states of bliss, peace, clarity and spaciousness have nothing to do with awakening as these are just experiences coming and going in the impersonal awareness that you are.

Inner Knowledge — You want to become wise in one lesson: First become a real human being.

There’s no path to liberation that doesn’t pass through the shadow.

There are several different kinds of painful feelings that we might experience, and learning to distinguish and relate to these feelings of discomfort or pain is an important part of meditation practice, because it is...

Why are we such tortured human beings, with tears in our eyes and false laughter on our lips? If you could walk alone among those hills or in the woods or along the long, white,...

Four times during the first six days they were assembled and briefed and then sent back. Once, they took off and were flying in formation when the control tower summoned them down. The more it...

As meditation heals, celebration also heals. A day of dance and music can add a year to your life, celebrating in every condition will end all your strife. It’s the attitude and the perspective of...

Your inner voice and the spiritual guidance…will lead you to your goal.

The intrinsic and extrinsic heart is always at odds, so which heart is yours? For one will bask in true joy, while the other lives in self-loathing misery.

There is a wager that we must all make; for the small stake of some rewarding mental training, we can attain lasting contentment and contribute to a positive outcome for our planet.

Truth is not a reward for good behaviour, nor a prize for passing some tests. It cannot be brought about. It is the primary, the unborn, the ancient source of all that is. You are...

Our practice rather than being about killing the ego is about simply discovering our true nature.

It’s a sweet thing to sit quietly in the early-morning darkness and talk to God for a while. It’s amazing what you gain from the conversation.

Whatever you do, put your inner work first.

The fragrance of meditation is enlightenment.

Intuition is a trust that if we follow our heart, if we follow our love, joy and truth, the Whole becomes enriched.

Through learning to listen to our own intuition, it develops to a constantly available inner source of love, truth and wisdom. We can close our eyes, go within, and always receive the right guidance.

We are fragmented into so many different aspects. We don´t know who we really are, or what aspects of ourselves we should identify with or believe in. So many contradictory voices, dictates, and feelings fight...

Meditation practice is not about later, when you get it all together and you’re this person you really respect.

wrong.” It’s all good juicy stuff—the manure of waking up, the manure of achieving enlightenment, the art of living in the present moment.

It is of great importance, when we begin to practise prayer, not to let ourselves be frightened by our own thoughts.