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Like the best convenience store in the world, the mind is always open. — Leza Lowitz Yoga Heart:...

My beloved jay, give me a name now. Call out the name you give me, looking into the deepest place in your heart. Every time you call my name, I'll fly to you and be your wings. — Ilchi Lee Bird of the Soul

That's what meditation is all about: to be capable of being alone. And remember, aloneness is not loneliness. Loneliness is the state of a person who cannot live alone; loneliness means you are dependent on the crowd, on others. Aloneness means you are happy with yourself, you are not dependent on anybody. The moment you are not dependent, you are an emperor, you are a god, a goddess. Now you have something to share, you can go into the world. — Osho

When I walk in the forest just before the meal, while reciting the scriptural phrase that I meditate for that day, spiritual joy comes over me as if by appointment. — Adalbert the voucher Love the young...

The yogi, or the man of knowledge, or a devotee - all these people have got to get their mind withdrawn from the world and get it confined and concentrated in the seventh plane to see the various sportive forms of God. This is the only way and it is so eternally. — Sri Jibankrishna or Diamond

Sometimes it was during the breaks that the real meditation happened - moments when it was obvious that wisdom is not something you have, but a wave-length you tune in to. — Matt Padwick Running Contra...

Whenever you notice your mind wandering, a fundamental instruction in meditation advises, bring your mind back to its point of focus. The operative phrase here is whenever you notice. As our mind drifts off, we almost never notice the moment it launches into some other orbit on its own. — Daniel Goleman Focus: The...

It helps to have a focus for your attention, an anchor line to tether you to the present moment and to guide you back when the mind wanders. The breath serves this purpose exceedingly well. It can be a true ally. Bringing awareness to our breathing, we remind ourselves that we are here now, so we might as well be fully awake for whatever is already happening. — Jon Kabat-Zinn Wherever You Go,...

Above all, meditation is about letting the mind be as it is and knowing something about how it is in this moment. It's not about getting somewhere else, but about allowing yourself to be where you already are. — Jon Kabat-Zinn Wherever You Go,...

The words were unexpected, but so incisively true. So much of prayer is like that - an encounter with a truth that has sunk to the bottom of the heart, that wants to be found, wants to be spoken,...

He said, aloud, 'The external world is the world of shadows. It throws its shadows into the kingdom of light. How different they will appear when this darkness is gone and the shadow-body has passed...

Rousseau thought it was good to be alone sometimes and that perhaps our natures flourished with maximum purity on those occasions.

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