Meditation Is Not What We Do, It's What We Are | We Are What We Cannot Think About | Media | Rupert Spira
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Meditation Is Not What We Do, It's What We Are | We Are What We Cannot Think About | Media | Rupert Spira
Meditation is simply about being yourself and knowing something about who that is. It is about coming to realize that you are on a path whether you like it or not, namely, the path that is your life. Meditation may help us see that this path we call our life has direction; that it is always unfolding, moment by moment; and that what happens now, in
... See moreJon Kabat-Zinn • Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life
meditation is a process of understanding what we are not so we can better see what we are
The real point of meditation is to rest in bare awareness whether anything occurs or not. Whatever comes up for you, just be open and present to it, and let it go. And if nothing occurs, or if thoughts and so on vanish before you can notice them, just rest in that natural clarity.
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche • The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness
True Meditation is progressively letting go of the meditator without getting lost in the mind.
Adyashanti • The Way of Liberation: A Practical Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
Meditation practice isn’t about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better. It’s about befriending who we are already.
Pema Chödrön • The Pocket Pema Chodron (Shambhala Pocket Classics)
But the mind is always moving, always processing new ideas, new perceptions, and new sensations. That’s its job. Meditation is about learning to work with the mind as it is, not about trying to force it into some sort of Buddhist straitjacket.