Our Quotes of the Day:
The Great Being saith: Human utterance is an essence which aspireth to exert its influence and needeth moderation. As to its influence, this is conditional upon refinement which in turn is dependent upon hearts which are detached and pure. As to its moderation, this hath to be combined with tact and wisdom as prescribed in the Holy Scriptures and Tablets.
God has to be temporarily cruel in order to be permanently kind.
You have not known even a fragment of My reality. The full nature of this reality can never be understood by anyone.
The fact is that the mind is only a bundle of thoughts. The mind is fattened by new thoughts rising up. Therefore it is foolish to attempt to kill the mind by means of the mind. The only way of doing it is to find its source and hold on to it. The mind will then fade away of its own accord.
People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.
The Self is here and now, it is the only Reality. There is nothing else.
Reality is neither subjective nor objective, neither mind nor matter, neither time nor space. These divisions need somebody to happen to, a conscious separate center. But reality is all and nothing, the totality and the exclusion, the fullness and the emptiness, fully consistent, absolutely paradoxical. You cannot speak about it, you can only lose yourself in it.
Unconditional love really exists in each of us. It is part of our deep inner being. It is not so much an active emotion as a state of being. It's not 'I love you' for this or that reason, not 'I love you if you love me.' It's love for no reason, love without an object.
Either melt by devotion the sense of separateness, or burn it by knowledge-for what is it that melts or burns? Only that which by its nature can be melted or burnt; namely the idea that something other than your Self exists. What will happen then? You come to know your Self.
Those who do not study are only cattle dressed up in men's clothes.
Sport has the power to inspire and unite people. In Africa, soccer enjoys great popularity and has a particular place in the hearts of people.
Yogas chitta vritti nirodhah - (Yoga is to check the mind from changing) - which is acceptable to all. That is also the goal of all. The method is chosen according to one's own fitness. The goal for all is the same. Yet different names are given to the goal only to suit the process preliminary to reaching the goal. Bhakti, Yoga, Jnana are all the same.
Shri Krishna says: "Better die in your own path than attempt the path of another."
Our intellect has achieved the most tremendous things, but in the meantime our spiritual dwelling has fallen into disrepair.
To stop your mind does not mean to stop the activities of the mind. It means your mind pervades your whole body.
Who is the most favored of God? He from whom the greatest good comes to His creatures.
Because a thing is eloquently expressed it should not be taken to be as necessarily true; nor because it is uttered with stammering lips should it be supposed false.
Do not worry if others do not understand you. Instead worry if you do not understand others.
It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.
Happiness is reverence for all life.
Too much of this book knowledge just leads to doubts and confusion. You get too many doubts asking 'what is this?' and 'what is that?', and you waste a lot of time in this conflict.
The artist has tremendous power to change the world.
Do you see yourself as a victim of the world, or do you see yourself as the world?
