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Why I Meditate
Attention is the muscle. Looking closely is the application of that muscle. It can be exercised through deliberate action. Meditation is one method.
Craig Mod • Looking Closely Is Everything
The intelligent practitioner knows how to regulate and master his or her breath, body, and mind, in order to enhance the power of concentration before proceeding in the work of observation to shed light. Meditation practice is nourishing for body and mind, and can also expand our vision. Expanded vision enables us to go beyond passionate attachment
... See moreThich Nhat Hanh • Breathe! You Are Alive: Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing
I enjoy the work, too. For me it is meditation. Meditation is not just chanting mantras or sitting quietly in the lotus position and counting the breath. Sewing, cooking, washing, cleaning, every activity done with a sense of the sacred is meditation. Do you want to take away my meditation? When I am busy with my needle I am peaceful, everything is
... See moreSatish Kumar • You are Therefore I am: A Declaration of Dependence
Attention, taken to its highest degree, is the same thing as prayer.