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Meditation Quote 48: “Meditation is allowing what is.” – Victor Davich
Most meditation techniques involve something to focus the mind on, like your breath, a mantra, or a visualization. And by focusing on something we are better able to remove other distractions and calm our mind. But what about allowing the distractions and reality to be as is? As the now popular movement of mindfulness has proposed in later…
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Meditation Quote 47: “Do you pay regular visits to yourself? Start now.” – Rumi
You visit friends and family, cafés and restaurants, shopping centers and boutiques.. But how often do you pay visits to yourself? I am of course not talking about “setting aside time for yourself” spent laying on the couch watching television, reading your favorite magazine or eating that most wonderful piece of chocolate cake. If you…
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Meditation Quote 46: “We carry inside us the wonders we seek outside us.” – Rumi
“It’s all their fault!” It’s easier to blame your problems on someone else, than to look inwards and realize the problem might be you. In the same way it’s easy to think that the “grass is greener on the other side”, and that our current environment will never be enough to fulfill our dreams. The…
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Meditation Quote 45: “All your problems are just thoughts. And thoughts are not a problem.” – Jeff Foster
Have you ever caught yourself “demonizing” something on your “to do list”? You know… had something that you needed to get done, but put it off for a few days, weeks, or even months… And for some reason you avoided it because it seemed like such a big, difficult or painful task? I sure have,…
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Meditation Quote 44: “Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively.” – Sharon Salzberg
How many electronic things do you own? I bet at least one of them you “just gotta” have with you at all time. And just imagine what would happen if you forgot – or even worse – lost it! What if I were to tell you that the most powerful mobile device you own is not…
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Meditation Quote 43: “Every man must take time daily for quiet and meditation. In daily meditation lies the secret of power.” – H. Emilie Cady
We’ve all heard it from someone, or perhaps been guilty of it ourselves. “Meditation isn’t for me. I tried once, and I couldn’t get my mind to shut up!” – sounds familiar? When you exercise you body you don’t see immediate results, but notice great benefits over time. When you learn a new skill like…
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Meditation Quote 42: “Meditation could be said to be the Art of Simplicity: simply sitting, simply breathing and simply being.” – Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Ever had a complex relationship, situation, day, or.. perhaps feel sometimes like life is always very complex? Why did that sentence just give you a negative feeling? Maybe we are naturally stressed by complexity, and relaxed by simplicity… No matter what the reason is, the simplicity of meditation is both effective and difficult to deal with. Our…
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Meditation Quote 41: “You are responsible for your own happiness!” – Judith D’souza
No one, and yes – not even your mom, god, superman or santa – can give you happiness. So who can? You can! That’s right. Even though it is not easy, you are the only one who ultimately are responsible for your own happiness. All the everyday choices you make influence your happiness. Responding to a…
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Meditation Quote 40: “The gift of learning to meditate is the greatest gift you can give yourself in this lifetime.” – Sogyal Rinpoche
If everything else vanishes from your life, you will always have left your knowledge and skills. And in my opinion, no other skill offers as many benefits as meditation does. In every moment there are choices to be made and awareness to partake in. Cultivating the tool and skill of meditation enables us to aware in the moment, and…
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Meditation Quote 39: “True meditation has no direction or goal. It is pure wordless surrender, pure silent prayer.” – Adyashanti
Meditation has a multitude of facets, with varying goals and as many possible ways to the goal as there are people in the world. Yet many meditation “gurus” and teachers profess that meditation at it’s core is all about not setting goals or strict guidelines. As a beginner it is important to do meditation “by the rules”, and…