Paulo Coelho Quotes

The gigantic tension before the shooting of an arrow, and the total relaxation seconds later, is my way of connecting to the universe.

I listen to music a lot, if I need to get into a particular space. I do stretching and breathing, and take time to mostly be quiet and find the stillness. I think that's important.

I try to meditate every morning. It relaxes me, clears my mind, and sets my day off on the right foot before things get too manic.

I notice a difference from the moment I meditate.

I meditate and pray before going onstage - it helps me focus.

With no faith, purely as a scientific experiment, I started meditating and watched if it changed my music. It did, but it didn't make it more mellow. It made it easier to get into the flow of creativity.

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

Meditation has been a loyal friend to me. It has helped me write my books.

You have to relax when you're shooting an arrow. You can't be tense. And that just helps, in your day-to-day life.

I meditate two hours a day, and every year I do one big long meditation course. I love it, and I'm really into it.

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 usually meditate twice a day: Transcendental Meditation.

Transcendental Meditation, for me, has been a way of turning down the outside racket and turning up the bandwidth of instinct, intuition, concentration, attention. On the light ends, it's a power nap. On the strong ends, it's a giant battery, and that battery doesn't run out.

You can meditate on almost anything: a prayer, song, image or word. Close your eyes; sit in a comfortable position. Take a breath, and say the word out loud, emphasizing the humming sound at the end. When you come to the end of the breath, take another one and say the word again. And so on.

Whether you call it meditation, self-reflection or just shutting everything out, I am quite good at that.

Yoga helps one slow down the mind and focus better.

The way I meditate is by being organised. I can get real Zen if I go home and tidy the front room.

When I am practicing yoga, I try to avoid music. But if I really have to listen to something, I listen to the Om chant.

Meditation will sharpen your senses and your awareness.

Meditation isn't necessarily this magical experience where we don't ever have thoughts.

Meditation is sticking to one thought. That single thought keeps away other thoughts; distraction of mind is a sign of its weakness; by constant meditation it gains strength.

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

The mind is running on all sides to think about many things, - what we call thoughts coming from outside. We must withdraw the mind from these distractions and make it abide in the self. Thus guarding the peace within we shall have to do the work without.

Concentration is not the approach towards God. Concentration is a mind approach. God is everywhere, so you have to relax, you have to be meditative.