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‘Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It is a way of entering into the quiet that is already there—buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day.’ Deepak Chopra via PurpleBuddhaProject
From here
Meditation 101: A Beginner’s Guide from Gobblynne on Vimeo.
Also try this from Rachel Johnston:
‘One of the first yoga teachers I had gave me a lovely tip for meditation. It stuck with me and is something I’ve used on a regular basis ever since so I thought I would share.
Put on one of your favorite tunes then simply sit and listen to it fully, without distraction. See if you can focus your attention on the centre of every single note.
I’ve been told this works just as well if you are playing the instrument yourself. I wouldn’t trust it with my shakey rendition of chopsticks on the piano though…’
‘The environmental crisis has deep attitudinal roots. To restore our environment we need to heal our relationship with it, and that means healing the split in the psyche that cuts us off from the material world. It means revisioning the relation of mind and matter. The bulldozing of nature and the abuse of our own bodies reveal the depth of this separation, the fear it engenders, and the need to control… Matter itself, if we attend to it mindfully and gracefully, can help liberate us from delusion; for it is mind, not matter, that is in bondage.’ Joanna Macy, World as Lover, World as Self