Meditation is essentially a discipline for slowing down the furious pace of thinking; if you can gradually bring your mind to a state so still that no movement, no thought, can arise except those you yourself approve, your mind will have become pure. ~ Eknath Easwaren
October 23rd Daily Meditation Moment
October 23, 2025 by
In meditation we gradually reduce our obsessive identification with the body. The body will begin to feel lighter, our step will be more buoyant, and our senses will come more easily under our control. By getting plenty of physical exercise, we help this process along. ~ Eknath Easwaren
October 20th Daily Meditation Moment
October 20, 2025 by
Untrained, the will becomes self-will, our worst enemy; but trained, the will can become our most powerful ally. ~ Eknath Easwaren
September 28th Daily Meditation Moment
September 28, 2025 by
We have no need to teach pure motives to the mind. All that is necessary to make the mind pure is to undo the negative conditioning to which it has been subjected; then we will be left with pure, unconditioned awareness. ~ Eknath Easwaren
September 20th Daily Meditation Moment
September 20, 2025 by
Through experience, we come to realize that in love nothing comes as easily as we expected. Everything beautiful has to be worked for. ~ Eknath Easwaren