You don’t learn meditation, you learn to experience it.

When meditation is mastered, the mind is unwavering like the flame of a candle in a windless place. – Bhagavad Gita

Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own thoughts, unguarded. – Buddha

“When life doesn’t go to plan, we must embrace the change and realize that our lives are comprised of chapters; one has ended and another one is about to begin. But we can’t move on to the next chapter if we continually re-read old ones. We have to willingly accept that life goes on, and that we have a chance to create something bigger and better.” ~Adam Bergen

We can’t let go of thinking; it’s just part of being human. But we can choose not to get caught up in our thoughts. When we allow our thoughts to flow through us without attaching to them or analyzing them, we create space for peace and clarity.

It is all that I have lost that has set me free.

“The quality of our breath expresses our inner feelings.” – T.K.V. Desikachar

If there is light in the soul, there will be beauty in the person.

“Breath, the universe is taking care of everything else.”

“Remember the entrance to the sanctuary is inside you.” – Rumi

“Perhaps you are searching among the branches, for what only appears in the roots.” Rumi

“Observe the space between your thoughts, then observe the observer.”– Hamilton Boudreaux

You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger. – Buddha

“Just as a lamp or candle cannot burn bright without fire, a person cannot be enlightened without passion.” – David Scott

“Change is never painful, only the resistance to change is painful.”

It all starts with our thoughts, “The thought manifests as the word; The word manifests as the deed; The deed develops into habit; And habit hardens into character.”

“It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.” – Epictetus

“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.” – Carl Jung

“Meditation means dissolving those invisible walls that the ego and ignorance have built.”

“Life is a dance. Mindfulness is witnessing that dance.” – Amit Ray

Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakens. Carl Jung