Meditation phrases: 40 options to calm the mind and body

Amid the rush of everyday life, people often come across a lot of negative thoughts, nervousness, stress and anxiety. To the meditation phrases can serve as an incentive to take a few minutes to take care of yourself. We selected 40 options for personal reading, sharing on WhatsApp or captions on social media posts!

What is meditation and what is it for?

Meditation is a practice that promotes connection with oneself. The idea is to focus on the present moment, removing dissatisfaction with the past and concerns about the future. The result is usually body relaxation and a calm mind.

The list of benefits has impacts on both physical, mental and emotional health. These include reducing stress, reducing depressive symptoms, controlling anxiety, enhancing self-knowledge, conscious breathing, greater focus and increasing positive emotions.

Meditation phrases for status

1 – “Whoever gives in to vanity and does not give in to meditation will eventually envy the one who made an effort in meditation.” (Buddhist texts) 🧘

2 – “Meditation is a way of going inside yourself, of realizing that you are not the body and you are not the mind. It is a way of focusing on ourselves, on the deepest center of our being; and once you have found your center, you have found both your roots and your wings.” (Osho)

3 – “In deep meditation, the knower, knowledge and the known become one.” (Iyengar) ❤️

4 – Change comes from the inside out.

5 – “All ideas take you away from yourself, hence the definition of meditation as a state of consciousness without ideas. In meditation, there is no way to move away from ourselves, we are simply centered on our own being. There is no object that we can see. We are totally alone. Our consciousness begins to turn in on itself.” (Osho)

6 – “The only way to develop is a constant effort through meditation.” (Dalai Lama)

12 – “Wisdom can be achieved through three paths. The first path is meditation, which is the noblest. The second is imitation, which is the easiest and least satisfactory. Thirdly, there is the path of experience, which is the most difficult.” (Confucius) ⭐

13 – “Loneliness is when we are least alone.” (Lord Byron)

14 – “A deep meditation is worth a thousand words.” (Jewish texts)

15 – “The past is a lesson to meditate on, not to reproduce.” (Mário de Andrade)

16 – “When you have your mind moistened with love, you can begin to meditate on compassion.” (Dalai Lama)

Meditation positive phrases

17 – If you desire good, good desires you too. 🧘

18 – “Meditation is the discovery that the goal of existence is always achieved in the present moment.” (Alan Wilson Watts)

19 – “Meditation is an end in itself. There is no other end beyond it. Everything that has an end beyond itself is intended only for the mediocre mind, and everything that is an end in itself is intended for the truly intelligent person.” (Osho)

20 – I surrender, trust, accept and thank you. ❤️

21 – Do not meditate to control your thoughts, but to prevent them from controlling you.

22 – A deep meditation is worth a thousand words.

23 – Silence is the secret to hearing the sounds of life.

24 – Much calm in this soul.

25 – Peace comes from within you. Don’t look for it around you. ⭐

26 – Meditation: the subtle art of overcoming adversity by breathing.

27 – The soul always knows what to do to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the mind. 🧘

28 – “Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves you in ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that guides you to wisdom.” (Buddha)

29 – “There is only one miracle, the miracle of meditation, which takes the individual away from the mind. And the heart always welcomes you and is prepared to give you passage, to guide you in the direction of your being. And being is his plenitude, his supreme well-being.” (Osho) ❤️

30 – Meditation is bringing the mind home.

31 – Meditate at night and sleep happily. ❤️

32 – I free myself, cleanse myself, renew myself and open myself to the new.

33 – Take a deep breath and go slowly. Doing my best is enough. ⭐

34 – Meditating is not the end of challenges. Meditation is the end of conflicts in the face of challenges.

35 – The habit of giving thanks releases the flow of receiving. 🧘

Spiritual meditation phrases

36 – “Faith is the nectar of survival.” (Debbie Villela) ❤️

37 – Praying is when you talk to God. Meditating is when you hear God speak to you.

38 – The power of the universe is within me.

39 – I allow myself to reconnect with the divine. 🧘

40 – Prayer is the energy of life permeating the entire universe and becoming a driving force for change.

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