Christen Press Quotes

The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress.

Golf's ultimate moral instruction directs us to find within ourselves a pivotal center of enjoyment: relax into a rhythm that fits the hills and swales, and play the shot at hand - not the last one, or the next one, but the one at your feet, in the poison ivy, where you put it.

Meditation is difficult for many people because their thoughts are always on some distant object or place. One form of meditation is to label the thought as it appears and then choose to let it go.

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

For me, it's important to concentrate to the present and leave the past.

I live in the present.

The goal of meditation is precisely to make your mind smooth and manageable so that it can be concentrated or relaxed at will; and especially to free it from the tyranny of mental afflictions and confusion

When you are present, you can allow the mind to be as it is without getting entangled in it.

The Zen people from Ancient China, "When you're walking, just walk." It turns out to be the hardest thing.

Learn to become still, and take your attention away from what you don't want

The best gift we can have is living in the present moment and really enjoying it for what it is; and, not being in our heads and getting sidetracked.

What I have learned over the years is to try to stay in the moment.

You lose your habitual behavior, which allowed you to sort of zone out. You have to be here, you have to be now, you have to be present.

I had a friend who introduced me to a meditation practice which involves a couple of half-hours a day of meditation, where essentially you try to achieve a stillness that allows you to just be there in the moment.

I see martial arts as moving forms of meditation. When you're sparring or drilling techniques, you can't think of anything else.

Golf is a spiritual game. It's like Zen. You have to let your mind take over.

You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go... Don't ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body.

While you are meditating, if your mind wanders, gently bring it back to the present moment.

It was a hard time for me to have a pure moment, to be present, to be here.

You can't control the world, but when you control your thoughts, you bring order.

I can meditate anywhere, anytime, even whilst talking to you.

If you take an hour out of your day to meditate, you will progress ten-fold. By staying mentally focused, you can let your worries go.

I can enjoy what I'm engaged in and be fully present rather than planning my answers to questions while someone else is speaking or thinking about my next appointment while my current engagement is still in in progress.

The next time you have a thought... let it go.

If I do a bad dive, that's in the past. Move on. The next dive is a completely separate thing. It's just about being really present in a particular moment.