Thomas Merton Quotes

Appreciation of life itself, becoming suddenly aware of the miracle of being alive, on this planet, can turn what we call ordinary life into a miracle. We come awake to such a realization when we recognize our connection to a spiritual dimension.

Yoga teaches us both to let go and to have exquisite awareness in every moment. We remember our essential spiritual nature and life becomes more joyful, meaningful, and carefree.

God has blessed me with the capacity to meditate even while I am talking.

To be awake is to be fully present, no noise, just you and God. Most of us only have seconds of full consciousness. To live in a state of Samadhi - that's what we're here for.

Embrace silence since meditation is the only way to truly come to know your Source.

If only there is a sufficient number of people whose experience of life goes beyond body and mind, this world will be a very different place.

When you are in the present without thinking, you are for the first time spiritual.

We don’t sit in meditation to become good meditators. We sit in meditation so that we’ll be more awake in our lives.

There is one thing that, when cultivated and regularly practiced, leads to deep spiritual intention, to peace, to mindfulness and clear comprehension, to vision and knowledge, to a happy life here and now, and to the culmination of wisdom and awakening. And what is that one thing? It is mindfulness centred on the body

Yoga is the journey from just eating and sleeping to becoming an ecstatic being. This is the aspiration of life itself.

You only need to walk in mindfulness, making peaceful, happy steps on our planet. Breathe deeply, and enjoy your breathing. Be aware that the sky is blue and the birds' songs are beautiful. Enjoy being alive and you will help the living Christ and the living Buddha continue for a long, long time.

I get rid of the thoughts, and I get in my witness, which is down in my spiritual heart. The witness that witnesses being.

Contemplation is the loving sense of this life, this presence and this eternity.

A primary goal of the spiritual life is to learn to quiet the mind through prayer and meditation, through spiritual practice, so that we can hear what in both Judaism and Christianity, is called the small, still voice within.

As you awaken to your divine nature, you'll begin to appreciate beauty in everything you see, touch and experience.

Meditation is one of the ways in which the spiritual man keeps himself awake.

Contemplation is that condition of alert passivity, in which the soul lays itself open to the divine Ground within and without, the immanent and transcendent Godhead.

There is no meditation without wisdom, and there is no wisdom without meditation. When a man has both meditation and wisdom, he is indeed close to nirvana.

So, you pay attention to what is in every moment. And when you do that, then you realize that the presence of God is everywhere.

An interval of meditation, serious and grateful, was the best corrective of everything dangerous.

In your present-moment awareness, awaken to your innocence, your trust, your love, your eternal being.

I think that we are starting to get much more conscious about, you know, the importance of the spiritual path, and we are fulfilling it by paying attention to ourselves.

When your consciousness has become ripe in true zazen-pure like clear water, like a serene mountain lake, not moved by any wind-then anything may serve as a medium for realization.

I'm not in any way religious. I don't go to church, but I consider myself spiritual.

Let silence take you to the core of life.