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Meditation |
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Quotations
 | To a mind that is still the whole universe surrenders. — Lao-Tzu, 6th cent. BC, Chinese philosopher 7 likes |
 | The only Zen you find on tops of mountains is the Zen you bring there. — Robert M. Pirsig, 1928-2017, American writer 5 likes |
 | Be clearly aware of the stars and infinity on high. Then life seems almost enchanted after all. — Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890, Dutch painter 3 likes |
 | It is necessary for the perfection of human society that there should be men who devote their lives to contemplation. — Saint Thomas Aquinas, 1225-1274, Italian Dominican friar & philosopher 3 likes |
 | Listen to the sound of waves within you. — Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet 2 likes |
 | My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing. |
 | Transcendence constitutes selfhood. |
 | You must have a place to which you can go in your heart, your mind, or your house, almost every day, where you do not owe anyone and where no one owes you - a place that simply allows for the blossoming of something new and promising. |
 | Yoga is a generic name for any discipline by which one attempts to pass out of the limits of one’s ordinary mental consciousness into a greater spiritual consciousness. — Sri Aurobindo, 1872-1950, Indian nationalist, yogi & philosopher |
| The practice of Yoga brings us face to face with the extraordinary complexity of our own being. — Sri Aurobindo, 1872-1950, Indian nationalist, yogi & philosopher |
| Sit in meditation ! But do not think ! Look only at your mind ! You will see thoughts coming into it ! Before they can enter, throw these away from your mind till your mind is capable of entire silence. — Sri Aurobindo, 1872-1950, Indian nationalist, yogi & philosopher |
| When mind is still, then truth gets her chance to be heard in the purity of the silence. — Sri Aurobindo, 1872-1950, Indian nationalist, yogi & philosopher |
 | During deep meditation it is possible to dispel time, to see simultaneously all the past, present, and future, and then everything is good, everything is perfect, everything is Brahman. |
| Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself. |
 | Serenity is when you get above all this, when it doesn't matter what they think, say or want, but when you do as you are, and see God and Devil as one. |
| At Epidaurus, in the stillness, in the great peace that came over me, I heard the heart of the world beat. I know what the cure is: it is to give up, to relinquish, to surrender, so that our little hearts may beat in unison with the great heart of the world. |
 | Through prayer we speak to God. In meditation, God speaks to us. |
 | A novel is a meditation on existence seen through imaginary persons. |
Quotes in Verse
 | To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower. Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour. — William Blake, 1757-1827, English poet & painter 6 likes |
 | I Am Vertical But I would rather be horizontal. I am not a tree with my root in the soil... It is more natural to me, lying down. Then the sky and I are in open conversation. |
Ancient Greek
 | It is the mark of a divine mind to be always contemplating something noble. Θείου νου το αεί τι διαλογίζεσθαι καλόν. — Democritus, 470-370 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 11 likes |
 | Look within. Within is the fountain of the good, and it will ever bubble up, if you wilt ever dig. Ένδον σκάπτε, ένδον η πηγή του αγαθού και αεί αναβλύειν δυναμένη, εάν αεί σκάπτεις. — Marcus Aurelius, 121-180 AD, Roman Emperor ‐ Meditations VII, 59 9 likes |
