35 spiritual quotes on meditation to use in your blog
If you have a holistic wellness or spiritual growth blog, spiritual quotes on meditation are a great way to enrich your content. A powerful quote can resonate deeply with readers and provide inspiration for their meditation practice and spiritual journey.
In fact, research suggests that positive affirmations and quotes may create beneficial mental and physical health outcomes.
We’ve selected our favourite spiritual quotes on meditation as a resource you can return to when you write posts for your spiritual growth blog.
You could use several of these spiritual quotes on meditation in one inspirational blog post. Or you could explore the deeper meaning of each quote in individual posts, especially if you’re blogging once a week.
Spiritual quotes on meditation from Zen Buddhism
‘Meditation is the art of letting go of everything except what’s truly important.’
Marie Kondo had it right when she said decluttering your life can spark joy.
‘Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back.’
Self-knowledge is so valuable. Often we know what’s standing in our way but we don’t have the mental space to acknowledge or act on it.
‘The mind is like a wild horse that needs to be tamed through meditation and mindfulness.’
To use another animal analogy, trying to calm the mind often feels like herding cats.
‘The more you meditate, the less you need.’
In a world that seems all about ‘more, more, more,’ needing less sounds pretty great.
‘Meditation is the best medicine for the mind.’
Never underestimate meditation’s healing power.
‘Meditation is the key to unlocking the secrets of the universe.’
As if there weren’t already enough amazing reasons to meditate.
‘Meditation is not about escaping reality, it is about seeing it clearly.’
Sometimes we get caught up in the bustle of daily life and forget there’s more to the human experience than work and to-do lists.
Spiritual quotes on meditation by Rumi
‘When the mind is silent like a lake, the lotus of your heart will bloom.’
This is such a beautiful quote. We love metaphors that incorporate aspects of nature.
‘Yesterday I was clever so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise so I am changing myself.'
A classic Rumi quote about working on yourself before trying to fix others. On a similar note, RuPaul said: ‘If you can’t love yourself, how in the hell are you gonna love somebody else?’
‘The universe is not outside of you. Look inside yourself; everything that you want, you already are.’
As Alan Watts said: ‘You are the universe experiencing itself.’
‘But meditate now on steadfastness and clarity, and let those be the wings that lift and soar through the celestial spheres.
We could all use a little more steadfastness and clarity in our lives.
‘Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.’
It’s a hard truth to learn that we’re often the ones standing in our own way.
‘If everything around you seems dark, look again, you may be the light.'
Another lovely quote about finding hope and love from within.
‘Why are you knocking at every door? Go, knock at the door of your own heart.’
We’re often looking to other people for love, comfort, validation, or acceptance. Maybe it’s worth finding some of that within ourselves.
Spiritual quotes on meditation by Ram Dass
‘Meditation means to be constantly extricating yourself from the clinging of mind.'
And the mind really loves to cling to anxious thoughts and embarrassing memories some days.
‘The quieter you become, the more you can hear.’
Our noisy minds can drown out the beauty of the outside world and the peace inside us.
‘As you cultivate the witness, things change. You don’t have to change them. Things just change.’
It’s a powerful decision to become self-aware. You’ll discover there’s a difference between what you think and feel and who you really are.
‘We live life in the marketplace and then we go off to the cave or to the meditation mat to replenish ourselves.’
Meditation is a great way to restore our energies and build our resolve for life in the busy world.
‘Words engage our minds, but in the silence we hear the Presence of God.’
Silence is not merely the absence of noise; silence has many lessons to teach us.
‘In meditation we can watch the itch instead of scratching it.’
Practising meditation can help us step into the role of the observer and become less responsive.
‘Be here now.’
Sometimes the simplest quotes are the best.
Spiritual quotes on meditation by Eckhart Tolle
‘I do not put much emphasis on periods of meditation ... the important thing is to bring the awareness into everyday life, into every little action that you do ...’
Ideally, we carry meditation off the mat and bring the practice into our lives.
‘Observe your thoughts, don’t believe them.’
Become the observer and resist getting drawn into the drama of your mind.
‘One conscious breath in and out is a meditation.’
We love how Eckhart reframes what a meditation practice looks like. Meditation can be as brief as a single conscious breath.
‘Be aware of your breathing. Notice how this takes attention away from your thinking and creates space.’
Sometimes all you need is a reminder of the space between you and your thoughts.
‘Whenever you step out of the noise of thinking, that is meditation, and a different state of consciousness arises.’
If you’ve ever achieved this different state of consciousness through meditation, you’ll know how incredibly peaceful the feeling can be.
‘To meet everything and everyone through stillness instead of mental noise is the greatest gift you can offer the universe.’
Meditation isn’t just a wonderful gift for yourself. By becoming a calmer, more self-aware person, you also benefit others.
‘“Getting away from it all,” many people want that, and of course, ultimately the only way to get away from it all is to go within, now.’
As Chris Cleave says: ‘You travel here and you travel there, trying to get out from under the cloud, and nothing works, and then one day you realise you’ve been carrying the weather around with you.’
Amusing spiritual quotes on meditation
‘If it weren’t for my mind, my meditation would be excellent.’ – Pema Chodron
Isn’t that always the way?
‘I have lived with several Zen masters – all of them cats.’ – Eckhart Tolle
We couldn’t resist another Eckhart Tolle quote! Cats have definitely mastered the art of being present.
‘Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively.’ – Sharon Salzberg
Isn’t that always the way?
‘You should sit in meditation for 20 minutes every day unless you're too busy; then you should sit for an hour.’ – Old Zen adage
It’s funny and it’s true.
‘Be here now. Be somewhere else later. Is that so complicated?’ – David Bader
We often wonder why something so simple as being present is so difficult.
‘All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.’ – Blaise Pascal
No matter your gender, it can be a real struggle to sit peacefully in one place with no distractions.
‘To earn the trust of your meditation, you have to visit it every day. It’s like having a puppy.’ – Chelsea Richer
Everything gets easier with practice; taming the mind is no exception.
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