Aleister Crowley Quotes

I meditate. I've been a meditator since, I think I was doing it unofficially before all my life and then began to formalize it somewhere around 14.

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.

To train the mind to move with the maximum speed and energy, with the utmost possible accuracy in the chosen direction, and with the minimum of disturbance or friction. That is Magick. To stop the mind altogether. That is Yoga.

When the yogi starts to meditate, he must leave behind all sensory thoughts and all longings for possessions by quieting the waves of feeling (chitta), and the mental restlessness that arises therefrom, through the application of techniques that reinstate the controlling power of the untrammeled superconsciousness of the soul.

To meditate is to familiarise our mind constantly and thoroughly with a virtuous object.

I meditate and do yoga. I sit cross-legged and try not to levitate too much.

I've never meditated in my life. I don't practice yoga nor any religion. I'm a tourist on the realm of stillness.

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.

A good meditation, even when it is interrupted by occasional nodding, is much more beneficial than many outward religious exercises.

I meditate in the morning, and my daughter will do it with me, looking like the most perfect little Buddha. I'll do ten minutes of yoga, then two to ten minutes of meditation. She'll sit there quietly half the time.

Like the practice of breath control, meditation on the forms of God, repetition of mantras, food restrictions, etc., are but aids for rendering the mind quiescent.

We know even from ordinary life that we have to achieve a sufficient degree of attentiveness if we want to concentrate on an inner picture or an object of some kind; we must also have it in our power, though, to turn our soul away from something we have been concentrating on.

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.

I meditate twice a day, T.M., and do yoga and tai chi.

I always used to be like, 'I don't need to meditate.' And it's not true.

Yoga began as a philosophy rather than as a physical discipline.

Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in eternal awareness or pure consciousness.

Prayer is the very highest energy of which the mind is capable.

The mental ability to concentrate is inherent to all; it is not extraordinary or mysterious. Meditation is not something that a Yogi has to teach you; you already have the ability to shut out thoughts.

If you can control the rising of the mind into ripples, you will experience Yoga.

Yoga means union of the individual mind with universal mind, so meditation is considered the essence of yoga. The transformation of the mind and body during meditation is significantly more profound than simply resting with your eyes closed.

Meditation helps concentration of the mind. Then the mind is free from thoughts and is in the meditated form.

To make the mind obey you is a spiritual discipline.

The mind is responsible for the feelings of pleasure and pain. Control of the mind is the highest Yoga.

she held her breath, and in her head, counted seconds. She pretended that for each second she didn’t breathe, God would grant her another day