10 Quotes for a Meditative Mind!

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Meditation is meant to purify the mind. But often it is difficult to meditate for various reasons. However, keeping good thoughts in mind during the day is very helpful. The quotes presented here are valuable for keen meditators.

Meditation means Discipline

Peaceful Mind
Peaceful Mind

All meditations have one basic goal: purification of mind. A so called “normal” mind is habitually rolling in thoughts of passion, anger, ill-will, fear, and greed. It is like a fragile person who can’t stand on his own even for a moment. Just see how long the mind stays on one thought and how fast it flickers from one topic to another – almost randomly.

The “normal” mind of an average person in the “modern” society is driven by only one motto: I-will-do-what-I-please. It is a mind that seeks only pleasures and thrills all the time. The moment you deny it this food it starts complaining of boredom and forces you to find something that will amuse it. This is how this “normal” mind dictates its terms and you happily obey its commands. And of course because you live in a democratic society, you are technically a “free” person – for your mind it translates into I-will-do-what-I-please.

Real freedom is having absolute control of your mind; you are free only when can dictate what goes on in your mind, not the other way round. All meditation is about reclaiming this freedom through repeated practice; it is also about fine-tuning your attitudes and tendencies. Meditation is about developing mental discipline and this puts off your mind and it does not want to meditate. Needless to say, you are the victim.

However, a simple way to get around this issue is to churn good thoughts throughout the day so that something is gradually sinking into the abyss of your subconscious mind. It is like when a patient does not want to swallow the tablet, you coolly inject the medicine through saline into his blood stream. Hope these quotes will provide good mental food throughout the day.

10 Quotes for Your Mental Lunch!

Clear Alert Mind
Clear Alert Mind

  • "Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment." – Thich Nhat Hanh

  • “Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor." – Thich Nhat Hanh

  • “Meditation is not a means to an end. It is both the means and the end.” – Krishnamurti

  • ”Don't go about here and there. Go inside and remain there.” – Yogaswami

  • “Meditation practice isn't about trying to throw ourselves away or become something better. It's about befriending who we are already.” – Pema Chondron

  • ”Don't run through life so fast that you forget not only where you've been, but also where you're going. Life is not a race, but a journey to be savored each step of the way.” – Stephen Richrds

  • ”Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness.” – Abraham Joshua Heschel, Rabbi

  • ”Life's not about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain.” – Vivian Green

  • “Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom” – Victor Frankl

  • “Sit all together in meditation. Become peacefully calm and quiet, without motion, without stillness, without birth, without destruction, without coming or going, with no judgments of right or wrong, neither staying nor going. This, then, is the Great Way.” – Hui Neng, Zen Master


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    I am a researcher by training and a keen practitioner of mindfulness meditation for last fifteen years. I regularly write on personal growth and social topics.

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    author avatar Buzz
    23rd Jul 2011 (#)

    Powerful quotes, thanks.

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    author avatar Steve Kinsman
    23rd Jul 2011 (#)

    Beautiful quotes. Very well done. Thank you Goodpal.

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    author avatar Goodpal
    23rd Jul 2011 (#)

    Thanks Buzz and Steve.

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    author avatar Denise O
    27th Jul 2011 (#)

    A Good read and I just love the quotes. Thank you for sharing.:)

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