Quotes about Meditation

All serious and good writing anticipates precisely this kind of reading-ruminative and leisurely, a dalliance with words in contrast to wolfing down information.

Meditation is the primary way in which we guard against the fragmentation of our Scripture reading into isolated oracles. Meditation enters into the coherent universe of God's revelation. Meditation is the prayerful employ of imagination in order to become friends with the text. It must not be confused with fancy or fantasy.

I am trying to teach my mind to bear the long, slow growth of the fields, and to sing of its passing while it waits.

The fusion is accomplished by reading these Scriptures slowly, imaginatively, prayerfully and obediently. This is the way the Bible has been read by most Christians for most of the Christian centuries, but it is not commonly read that way today. The reading style employed more often than not.

Here's what I want you to do: Find a quiet, secluded place so you won't be tempted to role-play before God. Just be there as simply and honestly as you can manage. The focus will shift from you to God, and you will begin to sense his grace.

I wish he'd show you how wisdom looks from the inside, for true wisdom is mostly 'inside.

Silence is true wisdom's best reply.

A good meditation, even when it is interrupted by occasional nodding, is much more beneficial than many outward religious exercises.

I try to remind myself not to go anywhere or do anything without asking for spiritual direction through prayer and meditation.

Worship is focus.

Seeking out the Word helps immensely, I've found. It helps to push out the distractions that can cause confusion.

Is the ambient noise level of my life low enough for me to hear the whispers of the Lord?