As we practice meditation, we get used to stillness and eventually are able to make
friends with the quietness of our sensations.
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We often get caught up in our own reactions and forget the vulnerability of the person in front of us.
Sharon SalzbergTags: compassion buddism mediation
Meditation is essentially training our attention so that we can be more aware— not only of our own inner workings but also of what’s happening around us in the here
Sharon SalzbergTags: buddhism inspiration mindfulness mediation
God is whispering in your heart, in the whole existence, just tune your ears.
Amit RayTags: motivational inspirational god spiritual silence spirituality spiritual-growth meditations mediation
There is no remedy against this reversal of the natural order. Man cannot escape from his own achievement. He cannot but adopt the conditions of his own life. No longer in a merely physical universe, man lives in a symbolic universe. Language, myth, art, and religion are parts of this universe. They are the varied threads which weave the symbolic net, the tangled web of human experience. All human progress in thought and experience refines and strengthens this net. No longer can man confront reality immediately; he cannot see it, as it were, face to face. Physical reality seems to recede in proportion as man's symbolic activity advances. Instead of dealing with the things themselves man is in a sense constantly conversing with himself.
He has so enveloped himself in linguistic forms, in artistic images, in mythical symbols or religious rites that he cannot see or know anything except by the interposition of this artificial medium. His situation is the same in the theoretical as in the practical sphere. Even here man does not live in a world of hard facts, or according to his immediate needs and desires. He lives rather in the midst of imaginary emotions, in hopes and fears, in illusions and disillusions, in his fantasies and dreams. 'What disturbs and alarms man,' said Epictetus, 'are not the things, but his opinions and fantasies about the things.
If you are religious, pray. If you are philosophical, contemplate. If you are spiritual, meditate.
John K. BrownTags: philosophy religion spirituality prayer contemplation mediation
The Buddha’s dharma didn’t teach peace and relaxation; it taught awakening—often rude awakening.
Jay MichaelsonTags: buddhism awakening dharma mediation
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