Our Quotes of the Day:
If you seek reality you must set yourself free of all backgrounds, of all cultures, of all patterns of thinking and feeling. Even the idea of being man or woman, or even human should be discarded. The ocean of life contains all, not only humans. So, first of all abandon all self-identification, stop thinking of yourself as such-and-such or so-and-so, this or that. Abandon all self-concern, worry not about your welfare, material or spiritual, abandon every desire, gross or subtle, stop thinking of achievement of any kind. You are complete here and now, you need absolutely nothing.
Want, or desire, arises when you are not happy. Have you seen this? When you are very happy then there is contentment. Contentment means no want.
Don't worry. You don't know enough to worry. . . . Who do you think you are that you should worry, for cryin' out loud. It's a total waste of time. It presupposes such a knowledge of the situation that it is, in fact, a form of hubris.
To have a developed intellect is always helpful if one can enlighten it from above and turn it to a divine use.
The will is truly free, when it is not the slave of vices and sins.
Calmly seek and search your soul in every thought and disposition - be it good or bad - because everything comes from the soul.
You are awareness. Awareness is another name for you. Since you are awareness there is no need to attain or cultivate it. All that you have to do is to give up being aware of other things, that is of the not-Self. If one gives up being aware of them then pure awareness alone remains, and that is the Self.
Do not think of yourself as a small, compressed, suffering thing. Think of yourself as graceful and expanding, no matter how unlikely it may seem at the time.
Feeling and experiencing infinity within this finite body, living timelessness within the time span of life - this is what you are here for
Understanding of the self only arises in relationship, in watching yourself in relationship to people, ideas, and things; to trees, the earth, and the world around you and within you. Relationship is the mirror in which the self is revealed. Without self-knowledge there is no basis for right thought and action.
I have known good and evil, sin and virtue, right and wrong; I have judged and been judged; I have passed through birth and death, Joy and sorrow, heaven and hell; And in the end I realized that I AM in everything and everything is in me.
We do not birth our children into the world of nature. We birth our children into the world of culture.
All spiritual practice must be directed to the removal of the husk and the revelation of the kernel.
The intelligence consists not only in the knowledge but also in the skill to apply the knowledge into practice.
Truth controls this world and dharma is rooted in truth.
Morality is contraband in war.
What have I done with my baptism and confirmation? Is Christ really at the center of my life? Do I have time for prayer in my life? Do I live my life as a vocation and mission?
Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes.
I came in contact with every known Indian anarchist in London. Their bravery impressed me, but I felt that their zeal was misguided. I felt that violence was no remedy for India's ills, and that her civilisation required the use of a different and higher weapon for self-protection. - Hind Swaraj
Our view of reality is like a chart of the sea - the truer it is, the less likely we will become lost.
There are no impediments to meditation. The very thought of such obstacles is the greatest impediment.
Intuition is soul guidance, appearing naturally in man during those instants when his mind is calm.
If you are bombarded by so many thoughts in solitude, you are in ignorance. If you are calm even amidst a crowd then you are in knowledge.
