"When you need to slow down and come back to yourself, you do not need to rush home to your meditation cushion or to a meditation center in order to practice conscious breathing. Wherever you are, you can breathe mindfully."
- Thich Nhat Hanhspiritual , Thich Nhat Hanh , breathe , inner-peace , meditation , mindfulness , sadhana , slow-down
"As you observe the thoughts they disappear, but more come, more come, and even when you're finished with them from this life, they'll come to you from a previous life. It never stops. So you have to keep asking the question, 'To whom do they come? To whom do they come?' And keep observing and following the I thought, and doing nothing, and one day it will all be gone, and you'll be free. But you have to have patience and persistence. Remember, it took us so many years to be the way we are, screwy, crazy, insane. So now it's going to take a little time, perhaps, to get over it."
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , be-the-witness , liberation , patience , sadhana , self-inquiry
"Cut the mind at its root and rest in naked awareness"
- Tilopaspiritual , Tilopa , awareness , empty-mind , no-thoughts , sadhana
"Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It is a way of entering into the quiet that is already there."
- Deepak Chopraspiritual , Deepak Chopra , empty-mind , meditation , quietness , sadhana
"Your job is to relax, to take it easy, to be peaceful."
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , ease , good-life , inner-peace , make-peace , relax , sadhana , slow-down
"Go deeper, go deeper. Don't land anywhere."
- Papajispiritual , Papaji , inner , meditation , sadhana , self-inquiry
"Get rid of all ideas about yourself, even of the idea that you are God. No self-definition is valid"
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , concepts , god , neti-neti , no-thoughts , sadhana , self , self-image , who-am-i
"This (Spiritual practises) doesn't mean that you shouldn't go anywhere or do something else. You can watch TV, you can go to a movie, you can go swimming, you can go play golf, you can go bowling but never forget who you are, that's all. Always remember who you really are."
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , advaita-vedanta , awareness , sadhana , self-inquiry , who-you-are
"The mind turned inwards is the Self; turned outwards, it becomes the ego and all the world."
- Ramana Maharshispiritual , Ramana Maharshi , ego , inner-being , maya , sadhana , self , self-inquiry , self-realization , within-yourself
"Begin to spend more time diving within yourself, watching, witnessing. When thoughts pop up, simply ask yourself, 'To whom do these thoughts come? To me. I think them. Who am I? What is the source of the I?' As you do this, my friends, I can assure you a marvelous change will take place in your life, sooner or later, and you will become free."
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , be-the-witness , liberation , sadhana , self-inquiry , source-energy , who-am-i