Meditation is like going to the bottom of the sea, where everything is calm and tranquil. On the surface of the sea there may be a multitude of waves but the sea is not affected below. In its deepest depths, the sea is all silence. When we start meditating, first we try to reach our own inner existence, our true existence- that is to say, the bottom of the sea. Then when the waves come from the outside world, we are not affected. Fear, doubt, worry and all the earthly turmoils just wash away, because inside us is solid peace. Thoughts cannot touch us, because our mind is all peace, all silence, all oneness. Like fish in the sea, they jump and swim but leave no mark. When we are in our highest meditation, we feel that we are the sea, and the animals in the sea cannot affect us. We feel that we are the sky, and all the birds flying past cannot affect us. Our mind is the sky and our heart is the infinite sea. This is meditation. Sri Chinmoy
Some Similar Quotes
  1. We must experience the Truth in a direct, practical and real way; this is only possible in the stillness and silence of the mind, and this is achieved by means of meditation. - Samael Aun Weor

  2. Yoga is the cessation of the movements of the mind. Then there is abiding in the Seer's own form. - Anonymous

  3. Sometimes it was during the breaks that the real meditation happened - moments when it was obvious that wisdom is not something you have, but a wave-length you tune in to. - Matt Padwick

  4. I believe that reading and writing are the most nourishing forms of meditation anyone has so far found. By reading the writings of the most interesting minds in history, we meditate with our own minds and theirs as well. This to me is a miracle. - Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

  5. Meditation needs no results. Meditation can have itself as an end, I meditate without words and on nothingness. What tangles my life is writing. - Anonymous

More Quotes By Sri Chinmoy
  1. Not what happens to you But how you accept it Is of paramount importance.

  2. Yesterday I was clever, That is why I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, That is why I am changing myself.

  3. Peace begins when expectations end.

  4. I am very happy Because I have conquered myself And not the world. I am very happy Because I have loved the world And not myself.

  5. You must never forget that greatness does not guarantee happiness but goodness always does

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