Idries Shah Quotes
Meditation - Before you learn how to meditate, you must unlearn what you think meditation might be.
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There are techniques of Buddhism, such as meditation, that anyone can adopt.
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Meditation isn't snake oil. For some people, meditation might be the most efficient way to reduce stress and cultivate mindfulness. But it isn't a panacea. If you don't meditate, there's no need to stress out about it.
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After doing a juice cleanse, I'm motivated to eat healthier and not emotionally. Cleansing is like my meditation. It makes me stop, focus and think about what I'm putting into my body. I'm making a commitment to my health and hitting the reset button.
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When I'm home on a break, I lock myself in my room and play guitar. After two or three hours, I start getting into this total meditation. It's a feeling few people experience, and that's usually when I come up with weird stuff. It just flows. I can't force myself. I don't sit down and say I've got to practice.
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I'll be kicked out before I rust out.
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Music used to be a lot more about angst for me. Now it's the only form of meditation I do.
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For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.
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Well, my brother started acting before I did.
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I'd been in love before - I was always in love.
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My live show is almost like a meditation. An emotional apex - that's what I want it to feel like.
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You give before you get.
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I'm a huge fan of meditation. I know lots of people assume meditation to be some Buddhist mumbo-jumbo, but it's been scientifically documented to create therapeutic changes in the brain.
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Inspiration usually comes during work, rather than before it.
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For me, training is my meditation, my yoga, hiking, biking all rolled into one. Wake up early in the morning, generally around 4 o'clock, and I'll do my cardio on an empty stomach. Stretch, have a big breakfast, and then I'll go train.
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Traditional ad agencies have so much to unlearn.
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Occasionally I talk with people who see doctors as people who do nothing but give of themselves and never receive from anyone else – especially not from their patients. That is totally false. The longer I remain in my profession, the more I realize how much I receive from those who come to me for help.
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Inflation is not all bad. After all, it has allowed every American to live in a more expensive neighborhood without moving.
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Meditation - Before you learn how to meditate, you must unlearn what you think meditation might be.
