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The person healed has an obligation to then ask why— to meditate on God's will, and the extraordinar...

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The words were unexpected, but so incisively true. So much of prayer is like that - an encounter wit...

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Sue Monk KiddTraveling With Pomegranates: A Mother-Daughter Story

I said to my soul, be still and wait without hope, for hope would be hope for the wrong thing; wait ...

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Without patience, magic would be undiscovered - in rushing everything, we would never hear its whisp...

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Waves are the voices of tides. Tides are life," murmured Niko. "They bring new food for shore creatu...

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It is of great importance, when we begin to practise prayer, not to let ourselves be frightened by o...

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Teresa of ÁvilaThe Life of Saint Teresa of Ávila by Herself

True contemplation is not a psychological trick but a theological grace. It can come to us ONLY as a...

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We must approach our meditation realizing that 'grace,' 'mercy,' and 'faith' are not permanent inali...

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There is a 'movement' of meditation, expressing the basic 'paschal' rhythm of the Christian life, th...

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Prayer does not blind us to the world, but it transforms our vision of the world, and makes us see i...

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Hence the aim of meditation, in the context of Christian faith, is not to arrive at an objective and...

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The only trouble is that in the spiritual life there are no tricks and no shortcuts. Those who imagi...

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The man who fears to be alone will never be anything but lonely, no matter how much he may surround ...

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Everything in modern city life is calculated to keep man from entering into himself and thinking abo...

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Death is someone you see very clearly with eyes in the center of your heart: eyes that see not by re...

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Thomas MertonThe Intimate Merton: His Life from His Journals

Meditation,” said his teacher, “hasn’t got a damn thing to do with anything, ‘cause all it has to do...

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Tom RobbinsFierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates

Though I am often in the depths of misery, there is still calmness, pure harmony and music inside me...

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Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objecti...

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If you just sit and observe, you will see how restless your mind is. If you try to calm it, it only ...

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The sage is still not because he takes stillness to be good and therefore is still. The ten thousand...

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ZhuangziThe Complete Works of Chuang Tzu

Suffering is normal. Pain is normal, it is part of life... What is its texture, the weight of our su...

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A. M. HomesThis Book Will Save Your Life

At the different stages of recognition, reflection, and redress, practicing compassion provides pote...

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AberjhaniIlluminated Corners: Collected Essays and Articles Volume I.

The gentle pulsing and flickering of stars and nebulae made a kind of music, a sweet easy mesh of wh...

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AberjhaniSongs from the Black Skylark zPed Music Player

The same hot lightning that burns your blood with passion–– cools your fears with peace.

In an age of bombsguzzling blood, skylarks merge peacewith thought and action.

Know yourself fearlessly (even quietly) for all the things you are.

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AberjhaniVisions of a Skylark Dressed in Black

That narrow stretch of sand knows nothing in the world better than it does the white waves that whip...

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Ahdaf SoueifI Think of You: Stories

The disciplines of physical exercise, meditation and study aren't terribly esoteric. The means to at...

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Between the desolate earth and the colorless sky appeared an Image of the ungrateful world in which,...

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Choiceless awareness - at every moment and in all the circumstances of life - is the only effective ...

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Woe to that seven months abortion who thinks to take advantage of the accidents of birth, and, mocki...

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For, indeed, this is the great horror, solitude, when the soul can no longer bathe in the ever-chang...

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Nothing is more necessary to the culture of the higher sciences, or of the more elevated departments...

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Rome is not outside me, but inside me.. Her feverish sweetness, her tragic countryside, her own beau...

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Echo of your thoughts are more important than your actions because that has greater impact on the wo...

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Have love for your inner Self and everything else is done for you.

You are the Golden Witnessing Screen. Meditation is the effortless effort to keep that screen clean,...

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Courage is the hallmark of spirituality. Courage comes when you love yourself for who you are.

Meditation, education and beauty are the three transforming powers that can change individual and th...

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Vipassana meditation is not an intellectual journey but an experiential awakening.

Meditation is realizing and expanding your inner beauty in every direction.

Life is a mystery- mystery of beauty, bliss and divinity. Meditation is the art of unfolding that my...

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The greatest luxury of life is peaceful breathing because it repairs the wounds of the cosmic soul.

Meditation is to understand that one breath, which connects all beings.

Breathing is our participation with the cosmic dance. When our breath is in harmony, cosmos nourishe...

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Amit RayBeautify your Breath - Beautify your Life

Beauty is the moment when time vanishes. Beauty is the space where eternity arises.

Enlightenment is tuning our consciousness to music of the universe.

And suddenly you realize: you are in every dot of the universe vanishing and arising.

Enlightenment comes when you understand the language of heart - the language of tree, birds and the ...

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Meditation works in many layers. It works in our genes, in our DNA

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Amit RayMeditation: Insights and Inspirations

Meditation is the process of transformation and beautification of soul from a leaf-eating caterpilla...

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Amit RayMeditation: Insights and Inspirations

At the core of your heart, you are perfect and pure. No one and nothing can alter that.

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Amit RayMeditation: Insights and Inspirations

Meditation is a journey from negative-mindset to positive-mindset. It is a means to stay positive an...

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The true miracle lies in our eagerness to allow, appreciate, and honor the uniqueness, and freedom o...

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Amit RayMeditation: Insights and Inspirations

Your thoughts are your message to the world. Just as the rays are the messages of the Sun.

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Amit RayMeditation: Insights and Inspirations

Meditation is a way for nourishing and blossoming the divinity within you.

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Amit RayMeditation: Insights and Inspirations

Bhramari Om Chanting or Humming Om chanting sends positive messages to the brain and the cells in ou...

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Spirituality does not lie in meditating the body of an ex-master. Spirituality exists in mediating o...

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Amit RayMeditation: Insights and Inspirations

It does not matter how long you are spending on the earth, how much money you have gathered or how m...

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Amit RayMeditation: Insights and Inspirations

Suffering is due to our disconnection with the inner soul. Meditation is establishing that connectio...

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Amit RayMeditation: Insights and Inspirations

Meditation is listening to the song of the inner Soul, seeing the beauty of the inner Self, smelling...

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Looking at beauty in the world, is the first step of purifying the mind.

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Amit RayMeditation: Insights and Inspirations

Meditation is blossoming of the prefrontal cortex to overcome the momentum of the nature. It is comi...

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Through systematic meditation one can awaken the third eye and touch the cosmic awareness. Sushumna ...

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Amit RayMeditation: Insights and Inspirations

Meditation is a journey to know yourself. Knowing yourself has many layers. Start knowing your bodil...

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Amit RayMeditation: Insights and Inspirations

Equanimity is the hallmark of spirituality. It is neither chasing nor avoiding but just being in the...

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Amit RayMeditation: Insights and Inspirations

When you touch the celestial in your heart, you will realize that the beauty of your soul is so pure...

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Amit RayMeditation: Insights and Inspirations

Discover your deep inner-self and from that place spread love in every direction.

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Amit RayMeditation: Insights and Inspirations

Beautify your breath – beautify your life.

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Amit RayMindfulness Living in the Moment - Living in the Breath

Meditation is spending time with the self. It is the time to be intimated with the soul.

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Amit RayMindfulness Living in the Moment - Living in the Breath

Mindfulness is not the path of chasing. It is the path of beautification. When flowers blossom, the ...

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Amit RayMindfulness Living in the Moment - Living in the Breath

Life is a collection of moments. Mindfulness is beautification of the moments.

Life is a dance. Mindfulness is witnessing that dance.

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Amit RayMindfulness Living in the Moment - Living in the Breath

We are constantly evolving as we are interacting with the world. Mindfulness and growth mindset driv...

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Amit RayMindfulness Meditation for Corporate Leadership and Management

Beautify your inner dialogue. Beautify your inner world with love light and compassion. Life will be...

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Meditation is not thinking about the image of a person of the past. It is more about focusing and ch...

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Amit RayNonviolence: The Transforming Power

Kindness and awareness work together. Through awareness we understand the underlying beauty of every...

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Amit RayNonviolence: The Transforming Power

When you know the knower within, you don't need to know further. When you know the meditator within,...

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Compassion is all inclusive. Compassion knows no boundaries. Compassion comes with awareness, and aw...

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Amit RayNonviolence: The Transforming Power

AUM or Om is not related to any religion because Om was practiced before the birth of all the religi...

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The singing Sun the signing moon the singing stars and the singing galaxies are the direct expressio...

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You are a cosmic flower. Om chanting is the process of opening the psychic petals of that flower.

Perfect prayer does not consist in many words, silent remembering and pure intention raises the hear...

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Amit RayOm Chanting and Meditation

If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath.

The easiest way to get touch with this universal power is through silent Prayer. Shut your eyes, shu...

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Amit RayOm Chanting and Meditation

Om is not just a sound or vibration. It is not just a symbol. It is the entire cosmos, whatever we c...

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Penetrate deep into the word "Om". Gradually the word will disappear and only the silence will remai...

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Silence is the language of Om. We need silence to be able to reach our Self. Both internal and exter...

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Meditation is experiencing the self in million ways.

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Amit RayPeace Bliss Beauty and Truth: Living with Positivity

A compassionate heart radiates rays of beauty that remove the clouds of million hearts.

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Amit RayWalking the Path of Compassion

When we are aware about our body’s sensations, we can release physical pain, tensions or stress thro...

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The more you treat your body and the cells as intelligent being the more you will be sharp, quick, c...

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Amit RayYoga The Science of Well-Being

Exercises are like prose, whereas yoga is the poetry of movements.

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Amit RayYoga and Vipassana: An Integrated Life Style

Meditate, Visualize and Create your own reality and the universe will simply reflect back to you.

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Amit RayYoga and Vipassana: An Integrated Life Style

Yoga is not just repetation of few postures - it is more about the exploration and discovery of the ...

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Amit RayYoga and Vipassana: An Integrated Life Style

Vipassana meditation is an ongoing creative purification process. Observation of the moment-to-momen...

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Amit RayYoga and Vipassana: An Integrated Life Style

There are two types of empathy: the positive empathy and the negative empathy. When we are fully car...

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Amit RayYoga and Vipassana: An Integrated Life Style

Micro meditations should be performed with very little activity. These practices should not be assoc...

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Amit RayYoga and Vipassana: An Integrated Life Style

Yoga is not a religion. It is a science, science of well-being, science of youthfulness, science of ...

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Amit RayYoga and Vipassana: An Integrated Life Style

Self-observation is the first step of inner unfolding.

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Amit RayYoga and Vipassana: An Integrated Life Style