Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
- Aristotle
We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; in feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best.
- Aristotle
To attain any assured knowledge about the soul is one of the most difficult things in the world.
- Aristotle
Hope is a waking dream.
- Aristotle
Perhaps you do not live near the sea, or do not wish to rise at 5.30 a.m.
Maybe you are just learning to Meditate.
The secret to expanding your mind into silence is to allow more space into your mind/life.
You can try this simple exercise sitting on the train to work, while still in bed or before sleeping.
Slow your breathing, softly allow the breath to deepen.
Become aware of your surroundings. I could feel the the hard timber beneath my bottom, sand, cold through my sandals, the collar of my jacket against my skin.
Activate your sense of silence. Let it wrap itself around you
Activate your sense of touch it is your heart that calls for this ( feel the touch of of clothes on skin.)
Activate your sense of taste, salt in the air and on my tongue
Activate your sense of sight, what are you eyes drinking in? Close them gently.
Activate your sense of smell.
Active your sense of touch.
Activate your sense of listening, it is the silence you are listening for.
- from https://excellentmeditation.wordpress.com
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