You should sit in meditation for twenty minutes every day - unless you're too bu sy; then you

should sit for an hour. ~ Old Zen adage Meditation is not something magical or mysterious, meditation is to see things j ust as they are. So if you come to meditation expecting magic, I'm very sorry; m agic is three doors down the corridor. Meditation, stillness, time simply to 'be', to do nothing at all and to do it wi th joy ~ Margaret Silf Meditation practice isn't about trying to throw ourselves away and become someth ing better. It's about befriending who we are already. ~ Pema Chodron Meditation is a time to focus, train the mind, and bring it to stillness. It is not a time to rest and relax. ~ Darren Main There are many ways to calm a negative energy without suppressing or fighting it . You recognize it, you smile to it, and you invite something nicer to come up a nd replace it; you read some inspiring words, you listen to a piece of beautiful music, you go somewhere in nature, or you do some walking meditation. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh Every man must take time daily for quiet and meditation. In daily meditation lie s the secret of power. ~ H. Emilie Cady Zen meditation is often misunderstood as a practice of stopping thoughts or havi ng no thoughts, but it's actually a practice of noticing thoughts. Zen is not ab out eliminating thoughts but illuminating them. ~ Kim Boykin, Gerald G. May, Gerald G. May If you want to know what you are here to do, how you can be more loving, or how to get through a difficult situation, my answer is always meditate. The differen ce between prayer and meditation is that when we pray, we are asking for somethi ng, and when we meditate, we are listening to the answer. ~ James Van Praagh Meditation is the only intentional, systematic human activity which at bottom is about not trying to improve yourself or get anywhere else, but simply to realiz e where you already are. ~ Jon Kabat-Zinn Zen purposes to discipline the mind itself, to make it its own master, through a n insight into its proper nature. This getting into the real nature of one's own mind or soul is the fundamental object of Zen Buddhism. Zen, therefore, is more

than meditation and Dhyana in its ordinary sense. The discipline of Zen consist s in opening the mental eye in order to look into the very reason of existence. ~ D.T. Suzuki Think of listening as a form of meditation. Quiet your mind and focus your atten tion on listening. ~ Linda Eve Diamond Meditation is not passive sitting in silence. It is sitting in awareness, free f rom distraction, and realizing the clear understanding that arises from concentr ation. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh Mindfulness meditation should be more than just watching what you are doing. Wha t you really need to watch is your motivation. ~ Lama Zopa Rinpoche Meditation is offering your genuine presence to yourself in every moment. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh Meditation is one of the ways in which the spiritual man keeps himself awake. ~ Thomas Merton holding a gentle inner smile during meditation helps to prevent them from trying too hard, getting tense, or being too self-critical. Enjoy your practice! Smile ! Be playful! ~ Joel Levey Through meditation we can learn simple exercises to help us understand and contr ol our thinking. We can learn to gain access to powers of spirit that connect us to realms of higher thinking and knowledge. Most importantly, we can learn the balance of mind and spirit that is so necessary to make life enjoyable and fruit ful. ~ Randolph Winters The thing about meditation is: You become more and more you. ~ David Lynch And meditation is nothing but enjoying your beautiful aloneness. Celebrating you rself; that's what meditation is all about. ~ Osho