Meditation

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Meditation

“The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large. “

– Confucius

“Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.”

Philippians 4:8

“Meditation brings wisdom; lack of mediation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.”

 Buddha

“Ananda, if all your sense organs are rooted out, your inner light will appear, all transient sense data as well as the changing conditions of the material world will vanish, like ice melted by boiling water, and you will realize supreme Bodhi instantly. Bodhi means awakening.”


The Surangama Sutra



“If a person’s basic state of mind is serene and calm, then it is possible for this inner peace to overwhelm a painful physical experience.”

The Dalai Lama

“Meditation brings wisdom; lack of mediation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.”

Buddhist teachings

“They are steadfast, truthful, submitting, charitable, and meditators at dawn.”

 Koran 3:17

“One hour’s meditation on the work of the Creator is better than seventy years of prayer. “

Muhammad

“Undisturbed calmness of mind is attained by cultivating friendliness toward the happy, compassion for the unhappy, delight in the virtuous, and indifference toward the wicked.”

-Yoga Sutras

“Like prayer, meditation “puts man in touch with God,” said Abdu’l-Baha. During meditation, “The spirit of man is itself informed and strengthened . . . through it affairs of which man knew nothing are unfolded before his view. Through it he receives Divine inspiration, through it he receives heavenly food . . . Meditation is the key for opening the doors of mysteries.”

Abdu’l-Baha, Paris Talks


It is an axiomatic fact that while you meditate you are speaking with your own spirit. In that state of mind you put certain questions to your spirit and the spirit answers: ‘The light breaks forth and the reality is revealed.’



Abdu’l-Baha, Paris Talks


“To understand the immeasurable, the mind must be extraordinarily quiet, still.”

-Krishnamurti

“If the faculty of meditation is bathed in the inner light and characterized with divine attributes, the results will be confirmed.”

Abdu’l-Baha, Paris Talks


"When God threw me, a pebble, into this wondrous lake,

I disturbed its surface with countless circles.

But when I reached the depths,

I became very still."

– K. Gibran

“The meditative faculty is akin to the mirror; if you put it before earthly objects it will reflect them. Therefore if the spirit of man is contemplating earthly subjects he will be informed of these. But if you turn the mirror of your spirits heavenwards, the heavenly constellations and the rays of the sun of reality will be reflected in your hearts, and the virtues of the kingdom will be obtained.”

Abdu’l-Baha, Paris Talks


“In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.”

Gandhi

“I said to my soul, be still and wait without hope, for hope would be hope for the wrong thing; wait without love, for love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faith, but the faith and the love are all in the waiting. Wait without thought, for you are not ready for thought: So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing.”

-T.S. Elliot

“Work is not always required. There is such a thing as sacred idleness.”

-G. MacDonald

“Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It’s a way of entering into the quiet that’s already there – buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day.”

Deepak Chopra