“Meditation is mental training. Meditation is a profound psychological technique to stop wrong conceptions and to start the correct way of thinking that leads to peace, happiness, and harmony.”  -Lama Zopa Rinoche, How To Be Happy, p. 7-8.

“The purpose of meditation is to stop thinking for a time, wait for the fog of thoughts to thin, and glimpse the spirit within.”  -Deepak Chopra, The Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire, p. 170.

“Meditation is the art of opening to each moment with calm awareness.”   -Victor N. Davich, The Best Guide to Meditation, p. 31.

“Detailed analysis showed meditation produced important cardiovascular, cortical, hormonal, and metabolic benefits, along with several positive behavioral effects and significant beneficial alterations of interior experience, perception, and self-image.”  -Victor N. Davich, The Best Guide to Meditation, p. 28.

Beginners Meditation Class in Lexington, Kentucky, The first Thursday of each month, 2012,  from 6:00 – 7:30 P.M. Email: luannhamon@kyhypnosis.com. For more information see ” classes” at kyhypnosis.com.

“What you still need to know is this: before a dream is realized, the Soul of the World tests everything that was learned along the way. It does this not because it is evil, but so that we can, in addition to realizing our dreams, master the lessons we’ve learned as we’ve moved toward that dream. That’s the point at which most people give up. It’s the point at which, as we say in the language of the desert, one ‘dies of thirst just when the palm trees have appeared on the horizon.’”

“Every search begins with beginner’s luck. And every search ends with the victor’s being severely tested.”

Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist, page 132.

“Going into an altered state is nothing weird. You do it all the time.

The question is whether you use the altered state to produce change.”

-Richard Bandler and John Grinder, Frogs into Princes, Meditation For Beginners by Stephanie Clement, Ph.D, p. 65

“The human mind can discipline the body, can set goals for itself,

can somehow comprehend its own

potentiality and move resolutely forward.

-Norman Cousins,

Living Meditations from Principle to Practice by C. Alexander Simpkins, Ph.D. & Annellen M. Simpkins, Ph.D., p. 93

“See first with the mind,

then with the eyes,

and finally with the body and limbs.

-Yagyu, Japanese swordsman

Living Meditation from Principle to Practice, by C. Alexander Simpkins, Ph.D. & Annellen M. Simpkins, Ph.D., p. 121

“Know your own mind. Train yourself to think what you wish to think;

be what you wish to be.”

-Ernest Holmes, The Science of MInd, Meditation For Beginners, p. 33

as a challenge,

a stepping stone,

and never be defeated

by anything

or anyone.”

by Eileen Caddy, The Dawn of Change

“By going along with feelings,
you unify,
your emotional,
mental,
and bodily states.

When you try to fight
or deny them,
you divorce yourself
from the reality of your being.”

Jane Roberts, The Nature of Personal Reality

“That which oppresses me,
is it my soul
trying to come
out in the open,
or the soul of the world
knocking at my heart
for its entrance?

Rabindranath Tagore

Quotes from A Guide for the Advanced Soul.

“You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true.  You may have to work for it, however.”  pg 92

“Every person, all the events of your life are there because you have drawn them there. What you choose to do with them is up to you.”  pg 110

“Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished.  If you’re alive, it isn’t.”   pg 121

Quotes from the book, Illusions, by Richard Bach. Please read this brilliant little book for motivation, encouragement and a deeper understanding.

“Your subconscious mind has the answer.”

“If you are confronted with a problem and you cannot see an immediate answer, assume that your subconscious has a solution and is waiting to reveal it to you.”

“If an answer does not come, turn the problem over to your deeper mind prior to sleep. Keep on turning your request over to your subconscious until the answer comes.”

“The response will be a certain ‘feeling’, an inner awareness, whereby you ‘know’ what to do. Guidance in all things comes as the still small voice within: It reveals all.”   Brian Adams, How to Succeed.

“We can accomplish a great deal in life, if we can discipline ourselves to do one thing at a time, to do it wholeheartedly, and not to worry distractedly about all the things we’d like to accomplish, or wish we had accomplished in the past.”  page 101

“…In basic ways, every human being is like a house divided against itself. One part of our nature affirms life. Another part, disagreeing, rejects it. Doubt, fear, and worry intervene to block even our best intentions.” page 101

“If we direct the mind wisely, instead of letting it rule us, we can transform failure itself into victory…” page 105

“Concentration means exerting oneself in a single direction, and not – as most people do all the time, whether consciously or unconsciously – working against oneself. To the extent that we work on the conscious mind, the task is more or less clear cut. To the extent, however, that we must work on the subconscious to resolve those aspects of our nature which work against our active resolutions, we must reconcile ourselves to a more difficult, though still possible, task. In fact, we must come to grips with the fact that we are, at times, in the throes of an inner war.”

“A strong affirmation of will has the power to impose obedience on the subconscious. The important thing is to address the subconscious, and not merely to pretend that all is well in the ranks. The will must act like a general.” page 112

“For the nature of the subconscious is to be solution-oriented. To tune into that aspect of your nature which, ultimately, can truly command your destiny – don’t dwell on the problems you face. Don’t, on the other hand, ignore your problems. But exert your will in full expectation that a solution to every problem can be found.”  page 118

“At all times, therefore, be solution-oriented!” page 119

”Energy generates magnetism. The stronger the flow of energy, the greater the magnetism. It is magnetism, finally, that attracts to us all that we receive in life.” page 119

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“The happiness which we receive from ourselves is greater than that which we obtain from our surrounding…The world in which man lives shapes itself chiefly by the way in which he looks at it.”   -Arthur Schopenhauer

“You attract things you give a great deal of thought to.”  -Florence Scovel Shinn, The Secret Door of Success, page 190.

“Infinite Spirit, open the way for the Divine Design of my life to manifest; let the genius within me now be released; let me see clearly the perfect plan.”  “The perfect plan includes health, wealth, love, and perfect self-expression. This is the square of life, which brings perfect happiness. When one has made this demand, he may find great changes taking place in his life, for nearly every man has wandered far from the Divine Design.”  -Florence Scovel Schinn, The Game of Life and How to Play It, pages 71 & 72.

“One should not visualize or force a mental picture. When he demands the Divine Design to come into his conscious mind, he will receive flashes of inspiration, and begin to see himself making great accomplishment. This is the picture, or idea, he must hold without wavering.”  -Florence Scovel Schinn, The Game of Life and How to Play It, page 72.

“The thing man seeks is seeking him-the telephone was seeking Bell!”  -Florence Scovel Schinn, The Game of Life and How to Play It, page 73.

“The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them.”  Albert Einstein

“Returning one last time to our Bible story: we find that after many fierce battles, the Children of Israel finally conquer the Promised Land. And we see that it was Joshua, not Moses, who led the conquest. Joshua was a military leader, a warrior, a man of action. This tells us that a new archetype within consciousness is required to lead us into the New Beginning. We must call upon the ‘inner warrior.’ It is this warrior that embodies the qualities of strength, courage, discipline- and commitment.” Robert Brumet, Finding YourSelf in Transition, page 121.

“We no longer have oracles and visions – at least, we usually assume we do not. No initiation master rings the bell one morning and says, ‘Your time has come.’ But all the same, we do find ourselves periodically being disengaged either willingly or unwillingly from the activities, the relationships, the settings, and the roles that have been important to us. What if these often distressing losses were really symbolic events? What if they were signals that a time of personal transition was beginning?” William Bridges, Transitions, page 111.

“When individuals or communities use conflict as an opportunity to challenge their own ways of seeing things, they awaken to new aspects of themselves. They discover that their awareness can expand and grow beyond the limitations of their yesterday selves.”  Gary Simmons, The I of the Storm, page 87.