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Meditation Quotes by Medical Doctors, Professors & More

 

"The regular practice of meditation can change the physical structure of the brain and create positive changes in mood and behavior."
Dr. Eileen Luders, Professor of Neurology at UCLA

 

"It helps us to see with clarity and act with wisdom."
Dr. Ramesh Manocha, Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Psychiatry at Sydney Medical School

 

"Through the practice of meditation, we can cultivate a sense of inner peace and well-being that is independent of external circumstances."
Dr. Richard Davidson, Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

 

"It is a way to access the innate wisdom and compassion that lies within each of us."
Dr. Judson Brewer, Director of Research and Innovation at the Mindfulness Center at Brown University

 

"The more we meditate, the more we develop a sense of inner stability and resilience that can help us cope with life's challenges."
Dr. Sara Lazar, Associate Researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital and an Associate Professor of Psychology at Harvard Medical School

 

"It helps us to be more present and engaged in our lives, leading to greater satisfaction and fulfillment."
Dr. Shauna Shapiro, Professor of Psychology at Santa Clara University

 

"It is a tool for cultivating a deep sense of inner peace and equanimity that can help us navigate life's challenges with greater ease."
Dr. David Vago, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Director of Research at the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

 

"Meditation is a way to quiet the mind and access a deep sense of inner stillness and peace."
Dr. Robert Schneider, Director of the Institute for Natural Medicine and Prevention at Maharishi University of Management

 

"It is not a way of making your mind quiet. It's a way of entering into the quiet that's already there - buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day."
Deepak Chopra, MD

 

"It's not all in your head. What we have found is that when you evoke the relaxation response, the very genes that are turned on or off by stress are turned the other way. The mind can actively turn on and turn off genes."
Dr Herbert Benson, MD, Carliologist

 

"It is not a way to enlightenment, nor is it a method of achieving anything at all. It is peace itself."
Dogen Zenji

 

 

"The practice is not really about establishing inner stillness at all; it’s about waking up to the unavoidability of our whole interrelated reality."
Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD

 

"It is the only intentional, systematic human activity which at bottom is about not trying to improve yourself or get anywhere else, but simply to realize where you already are."
Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD

 

"You don't have to be a Buddhist monk to benefit. It's a simple practice that anyone can undertake, anytime, anywhere."
Dalai Lama

 

"It is the self doing itself by itself."
Kirpal Singh

 

"As you meditate, you will learn how to detach from the material world, to be fully present in the moment, and to recognize and respond to your inner wisdom."
Deepak Chopra, MD

 

"Meditation practice isn't about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better. It's about befriending who we are already."
Pema Chödrön

 

"It is like a gym in which you develop the powerful mental muscles of calm and insight."
Ajahn Brahm

 

"It is a way of balancing the mind, which is why it's so effective in reducing stress."
Andrew Weil, MD

 

"This exciting study confirms what we have been observing in clinical practice for many years, that meditating is one of the most effective tools to address memory loss."
Dharma Singh Khalsa, M.D., president and medical director of the Alzheimer’s Research and Prevention Foundation

 

"For the first time, we are seeing scientific evidence that the technique enables the brain to actually strengthen itself, and battle the processes working to weaken it. If it is helping patients with memory loss, we are encouraged by the prospects that daily practice may even prevent neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s."
Andrew Newberg, M.D., Assistant Professor of Radiology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

 

"Instead of becoming increasingly drowsy, they apparently become more alert. This supports the idea that it may help your day-to-day concentration."
PhD researcher Dylan DeLosAngeles, MD.

 

"Our data suggest that the practice can promote cortical plasticity in adults in areas important for cognitive and emotional processing and well-being".
Dr. Sara Lazar, MD, Neurologist, Harvard University.

 

"The beneficial effect appears to be as strong as drug therapy coupled with lifestyle improvement, and the fact that the effect we observed is in addition to standard of care suggests these approaches may reduce risk for future diabetes in at-risk individuals."
Dr Richard M. Watanabe, PhD, professor in the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, Physiology and Neuroscience

 

"It suggests that the brain and breathing are closely intertwined in a way that goes far beyond survival, to actually impact our emotions, our attention, and how we process the outside world. Our model suggests there is a common mechanism in the brain which links the rhythm of breathing to these events."
Professor Micah Allen, Department of Clinical Medicine at Aarhus University

 

"In the stillness, we glimpse and return to that deep inner nature that we have so long ago lost sight of amid the busyness and distraction of our minds and our lives."
Jon Kabat-Zinn, MD

 

"Previous studies have showed a correlation between optimism and happiness and lower risk of cardiovascular health events. The survey for this study took a broader approach to assess psychological well-being".
Alison McLeish, Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at UofL

 

"It is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively."
Sharon Salzberg

 

"Meditation practice isn’t about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better. It’s about befriending who we are already."
Pema Chödrön

 

"The only way to take care of the future is to be present now."
Jon Kabat-Zinn, MD

 

"It is not a way of escaping the world. It's a way of diving into it."
Sherab Chödzin Kohn

 

"Mindful meditation has been discovered to foster the ability to inhibit those very quick emotional impulses."
Daniel Goleman, PhD

 

"The quiet mind is a powerful mind."
F. Joseph McCluskey

"Stillness is not the absence or negation of energy, life, or movement. Stillness is dynamic. It is unconflicted movement, life in harmony with itself, skill in action. It can be experienced whenever there is total, uninhibited, unconflicted participation in the moment you are in - when you are wholeheartedly present with whatever you are doing."
Eric Schiffmann

"Within you, there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself."
Hermann Hesse

"The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it."
Thich Nhat Hanh

"Your calm mind is the ultimate weapon against your challenges. So relax."
Bryant McGill

"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment."
Buddha

"Don't let yesterday take up too much of today."
Will Rogers

"The best way to capture moments is to pay attention. This is how we cultivate mindfulness. Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing."
Jon Kabat-Zinn

"Mindfulness is a way of befriending ourselves and our experience."
Jon Kabat-Zinn

"The more you know yourself, the more clarity there is. Self-knowledge has no end."
Jiddu Krishnamurti

 

"Silence is the language of God, all else is poor translation."
Rumi

 

"The way you think, the way you behave, the way you eat, can influence your life by 30 to 50 years." Deepak Chopra, MD

 

"The body benefits from movement, and the mind benefits from stillness."
Sakyong Mipham

 

"Every moment is a moment of meditation."
Amit Ray

 

"It is the stillness that will save and transform the world."
Eckhart Tolle

 

"Awareness is the greatest agent for change."
Eckhart Tolle

 

"Pleasure is always derived from something outside you, whereas joy arises from within."
Eckhart Tolle

 

"Through practice, you will discover that you are more than you knew."
Swami Satchidananda

 

"It is not a means to an end. It is both the means and the end."
Jiddu Krishnamurti

 

"The quieter you become, the more you can hear."
Ram Dass

 

"You cannot control the results, only your actions."
Allan Lokos

 

"It is the art of silencing the mind, so that it can work more effectively."
Swami Vivekananda

 

"The more regularly and the more deeply you meditate, the sooner you will find yourself acting always from a center of peace."
J. Donald Walters

 

"Through the portals of silence, the healing sun of wisdom and peace will shine upon you."
Paramahansa Yogananda

 

"Meditation brings wisdom; lack of mediation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom."
Buddha

 

"It is to dive all the way within, beyond thought, to the source of thought and pure consciousness. It enlarges the container, every time you transcend. When you come out, you come out refreshed, filled with energy and enthusiasm for life."
David Lynch

 

 

 

 

 

 

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