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"If we lack understanding derived
through
study and contemplation,
even if we meditate very intensely,
we have
difficulty focusing on the
subject of meditation." - Dalai Lama
"At the beginning of your meditation you should say
to yourself, ‘I will not allow my mind to be distracted by
thoughts of the future, anticipations, hopes, or fears,
nor will I let my mind stray toward memories of the
past. I will remain focused on
this present moment.' Once you have
cultivated such a will, you take that space between
past and future as
the object of meditation - and simply maintain your awareness of it, free of
any conceptual thought
processes." - Dalai Lama
"Meditate profoundly, that
the secret of things unseen may be revealed
unto you, that you may inhale the sweetness of a spiritual and imperishable
fragrance, and that you may acknowledge the truth that from time immemorial
even unto eternity the Almighty hath tried, and will continue to try,
His servants, so that light may be distinguished from darkness,
truth from falsehood,
right from wrong, guidance from
error, happiness from misery, and roses from thorns." -
Bahá'u'lláh
"The beginning of meditation is
self-knowledge, which means being aware of
every movement of thought and
feeling, knowing
all the layers of my consciousness, not only
the superficial layers but the hidden, the deeply
concealed activities. To know the deeply
concealed activities, the hidden motives, responses, thoughts and feelings,
there must be tranquility in the conscious
mind; that is the conscious mind must
be still in order to receive the projection of the subconscious." - J. Krishnamurti
"The process by which we transform our more
instinctual attitude to life, that state of mind which seeks only to satisfy
desire and avoid discomforts, is what we mean when we use the word meditation.
We tend to be controlled by our mind, following it along its self-centered
path. Meditation is the process whereby we gain control over the mind and guide
it in a more virtuous direction. Meditation may be thought of as a technique by
which we diminish the force of old thought habits and develop new ones. We
thereby protect ourselves from engaging in actions of mind, word, or deed that
lead to our suffering." - Dalai Lama
"Sitting around doing nothing goes against our
cultural programming, which generates feelings of discomfort that impel us to
do something productive. Certainly this is what many people feel during empty
moments or deliberate experiments at meditation: a churning unease that says,
"I should be doing something." This cultural compulsion is so strong that even
spiritual practices such as meditation and prayer are easily converted into
just another thing to do, moments mortgaged to the campaign of improving one's
circumstances.
The first step to freedom is simply to allow yourself to
fully feel whatever there is to feel. This, and not
mind control, is where the true benefit of
meditation lies." - Charles Eisenstein
Meditation is defined as:
To reflect.
To
garden.
Thought;
without regard to
category.
The
act or process of meditating.
A calm lengthy intent consideration.
A turning inward seeking
enlightenment.
A devotional exercise of
or leading to contemplation.
A
contemplative discourse, usually on a
religious or philosophical subject.
how to meditate
"When people come to me and they ask, "How to meditate?" I tell them,
"There is no need to ask how to meditate, just ask how to remain unoccupied.
Meditation happens spontaneously. Just ask how to remain unoccupied, that's
all. That's the whole trick of meditation - how to remain unoccupied. Then you
cannot do anything. The meditation will flower.
Man is ignorant and blind, and he
wants to remain ignorant and
blind, because to come inwards
looks like entering a chaos. And it is so;
inside you have created a
chaos. You have to encounter it and go through it. Courage is needed -
courage to be oneself, and courage to move
inwards. I have not come across a greater courage than that - the courage
to be meditative.
In haste
nobody can come to know
himself. It is a very very deep awaiting. Infinite patience is needed. By
and by darkness disappears. There
comes a light with an unrecognizable
source: there is no flame in it, no lamp is burning,
no sun is there. A light, just like it is morning: the
night has disappeared, and the sun has
not risen.... Or in the evening - the twilight, when
the sun has set and night has not
yet descended. That's why Hindus call their prayer time sandhya. Sandhya means
twilight, light with an unrecognizable
source.
When you move inwards you will come to
the light with an unrecognizable source. In that light, for the
first time you start understanding yourself,
who you are, because you are of that light. You are
that twilight, that sandhya, that pure clarity, that perception, where the
observer and the observed disappear, and only the light remains." -
Osho
See Saint Teresa of Avila
See
Culla-Vagga
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