Our Quotes of the Day:
The magnetic needle always points to the north, and hence it is that sailing vessel does not lose her direction. So long as the heart of man is directed towards God, he cannot be lost in the ocean of worldliness.
And so I came to understand why some masters sometimes say, "You are already enlightened."
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
Now, you see, if you understand what I'm saying, with your intelligence, and then take the next step and say "But I understood it now, but I didn't feel it." Then, next I raise the question: Why do you want to feel it? You say: "I want something more", because that's again that spiritual greed. And you could only say that because you didn't understand it.
If you permit your thoughts to dwell on evil you yourself will become ugly...
Be truthful, gentle, and fearless.
He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions.
Less talk - more work! There is too much talking going on. Because of excessive talking, spiritual energy is being wasted.
People are running, running, but there is no place in the world to which they can flee to escape themselves.
I have suggested that behind almost all myth lies the mono-plot of the game of hide-and-seek.
We are sick with fascination for the useful tools of names and numbers, of symbols, signs, conceptions and ideas. Meditation is therefore the art of suspending verbal and symbolic thinking for a time, somewhat as a courteous audience will stop talking when a concert is about to begin.
A new humanity will be born, fuller in conception and richer in experience and accomplishments in all fields. Joy of life will belong to every man, love will dominate human society, truth and virtue will reign in the world, peace on earth will be permanent and all will live in fulfillment in fullness of life in God Consciousness.
Seeing a cat loving her kittens stand and pray. God has become manifest there; literally believe this. Repeat "I am Thine, I am Thine", for we can see God everywhere. Do not seek for Him, just see Him.
The soul has neither sex, nor caste nor imperfection.
There is a problem with your concept of enjoyment. You need an object to enjoy, and then you depend on that object. You search for an object, and you work hard to obtain that object; then you are disappointed, because no object has the capacity to give you enjoyment.
Man stands in materialism; you and I are materialists. Our talking about God and Spirit is good; but it is simply the vogue in our society to talk thus: we have learnt it parrot-like and repeat it.
The wise mourn neither for the dead nor for the living.
I stand here before you not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of you, the people.
Laughter is the language of the heart.
There is time in life for everything.
Internalize the vagrant mind and fix it in the Lord. Then the meditation will be profound and intense. Don't open the eyes. Don't move from the seat. Melt yourself down into Him. Dive in the deep corners of your heart. Get immerse in the brilliant Atman. Drink the nectar of Immortality. Now enjoy the silence. Son of the nectar! Rejoice! Peace! Silence! Glory!
Eating natural foods, in their uncooked condition, when the cells are still alive, will bring an enormous sense of health and vitality to the system.
The truth of love is the truth of the universe: it is the lamp of the soul that reveals the secrets of darkness.
