Just avoid things like racing trains to the crossing, doing cocaine, etc. Develop good mental habits.
We're a little lazy about spirituality in this country.
I've always been very spiritual, since I was a very, very young child. The older I get, I'm reading more, I'm experiencing more, and so that's all reflected in all of my music. All of my fans are pretty familiar with me and my beliefs. It's all about connecting to yourself and sticking to your own spirituality.
Boredom is a disease worse than cancer. Drugs cure it.
I'm learning a lot by reading teachers like Thich Nhat Hanh, Pema Chodron. They teach me because I feel like I have a responsibility to the communities that I speak to.
In America, we hurry-which is well; but when the day's work is done, we go on thinking of losses and gains, we plan for the morrow, we even carry our business cares to bed with us...we burn up our energies with these excitements, and either die early or drop into a lean and mean old age at a time of life which they call a man's prime in Europe...What a robust people, what a nation of thinkers we might be, if we would only lay ourselves on the shelf occasionally and renew our edges!
Never underestimate the healing power of breath.
My mind was always very cluttered, so I took great pains to simplify my environment, because if my environment were half as cluttered as my mind, I wouldn't be able to make it from room to room. This system has just worked for me, even though I've had to sweat over every word. It's just my style.
I find both yoga and pilates awesome at calming my mind and strengthening my body.
Take a load off, don’t take everything so seriously. And just be happier.
Human mobile devices that may come in handy and can be used anywhere include: prayer, meditation, a good attitude, compassion, kindness, humor, laughter, patience, love and a smile. Customize to personal style and taste.
The Dalai Lama visited the White House and told the President that he could teach him to find a higher state of consciousness. Then after talking to Bush for a few minutes, he said, 'You know what? Let's just grab lunch.'
I think I have advanced ADD.
Of course, you can’t force your mind to be silent. That would be like trying to smooth ripples in water with a flatiron. Water becomes clear and calm only when left alone.
I love Thich Nhat Hahn. One of my favorite quotes of his (and I’m paraphrasing), he’s talking about cultivating happiness, and he was saying, at the very least, just be happy you’re not at the dentist right now. He was talking to someone who was having a really hard time finding joy.
Resolutions are exhausting. Embrace ease.
I swim, I do Pilates, I meditate - I think it's about keeping your stress level as low as you can.
I was into pain reduction and mind expansion, but what I've ended up with is pain expansion and mind reduction.
Where to look if you've lost your mind?
Today I will do something just for the fun of it. I will find something to do that's just for me and I won't worry about what I should be doing. I will learn how to make myself feel good and enjoy life to the fullest.
Meditation, yoga, and walks are all ways to regulate our stress and reconnect.
I've always had a bad attention span.
I haven't really worked with, like, a mental coach or anything.
Life is stressful,dear. That's why they say "rest in peace.
As for methods of prayer, all of them are good as long as they are sincere.
