Joan Tollifson: What is True Meditation?
True meditation “… simply means being present to what is: … the spaciousness in which everything is arising, the listening stillness, the aliveness and vibrant present-ness of everything …” ~ Joan Tollifson
True meditation “… simply means being present to what is: … the spaciousness in which everything is arising, the listening stillness, the aliveness and vibrant present-ness of everything …” ~ Joan Tollifson
“… Thou art? — I am? — Why argue? — Being is. Keep still and be …” ~ Arthur Osborne
“… Who knew that there was a deep reservoir of infinite peace lying under the restless feeling of a lack of peace? …” ~ Nirmala
“… See the high birds! … do they play in wheeling silences. Defining in the perfect sky the bounds of (here below) our solitude …” ~ Thomas Merton
“It’s so close you can’t see it. It’s so profound you can’t fathom it. It’s so simple you can’t believe it. It’s so good you can’t accept it.”
What is it?
“… Now that the dawn has come so gently … my quiet soul … warms its wings in the morning light … “ ~ Pir Elias Amidon