Our Quotes of the Day:
Let yourself be open and life will be easier.
A myth is an image in terms of which we try to make sense of the world.
In this world, man has two significant possessions: intelligence and emotion. These two possessions govern our day-to-day life. But very often we see that emotion (ego) gets the upper hand in our life. We know that even if someone is extremely intelligent, when his emotion comes to the fore it will devour him. He is compelled to do what his emotion asks him to do.
The fact is that you are not the body. The Self does not move but the world moves in it. You are only what you are.
To express yourself as you are, without any intentional, fancy way of adjusting yourself, is the most important thing.
If you can't meditate in a boiler room, you can't meditate.
If religion and life depend upon books or upon the existence of any prophet whatsoever, then perish all religion and books! Religion is in us. No books or teachers can do more than help us to find it, and even without them we can get all truth within. You have gratitude for books and teachers without bondage to them; and worship your Guru as God, but do not obey him blindly; love him all you will, but think for yourself. No blind belief can save you, work out your own salvation. Have only one idea of God - that He is an eternal help.
Our compassion and acts of selflessness take us to the deeper truths.
The enemy is a very good teacher.
To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order; we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right.
A devotee who can call on God while living a householder's life is a hero indeed. God thinks: 'He is blessed indeed who prays to me in the midst of his worldly duties. He is trying to find me, overcoming a great obstacle -- pushing away, as it were, a huge block of stone weighing a ton. Such a man is a real hero.
Why does God allow evil in the world? To thicken the plot.
Nothing brings down walls as surely as acceptance.
When you meditate, what you actually do is to enter into a calm or still, silent mind. We have to be fully aware of the arrival and attack of thoughts. That is to say, we shall not allow any thought, divine or undivine, good or bad, to enter into our mind. Our mind should be absolutely silent. Then we have to go deep within; there we have to observe our real existence.
My stand is clear; produce to distribute, feed before you eat, give before you take, think of others before you think of yourself. Only a selfless society based on sharing can be stable and happy. This is the only practical solution. If you do not want it, then - fight.
My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love.
Less talk - more work! There is too much talking going on. Because of excessive talking, spiritual energy is being wasted.
To retain your peace always, renounce all selfishness.
Man is confronted with two obvious facts: The existence of the world in which he lives; and the existence of psychic life in himself.
Your real Self is the silence of the universe … That real Self is the ultimate reality. There is no such physical, subtle, or even causal universe apart from you.
Our chanting will not uplift our consciousness unless we have co-operative affectionate relationships with each other.
An important day in a young person's life is the day on which he becomes convinced that Christ is the only Friend who will not disappoint him, on which he can always count.
Souls love. That’s what souls do. Egos don’t, but souls do. Become a soul, look around, and you’ll be amazed-all the beings around you are souls. Be one, see one. When many people have this heart connection, then we will know that we are all one, we human beings all over the planet. We will be one. One love. And don’t leave out the animals, and trees, and clouds, and galaxies-it’s all one. It’s one energy.
