Subtle astral colors... are hidden in everything around you. Could you but see, you would be amazed at their beauty.

It is foolish to be afraid of death. Just think. No more repaired tires on the body vehicle, no more patchwork living.

In the spiritual life one becomes just like a little child, without resentment, without attachment, full of life and joy.

One must not practice yoga only by reading books; it does not provide the benefit one can get from the direct guidance of a teacher.

Even though your mortal father may have left you, you are sitting on the lap of the Father of the Universe. Are you feeling His presence?

Realize that enough hidden strength lies within you to overcome all obstacles and temptations. Bring forth that indomitable power and energy.

Another qualification of success is that we not only bring harmonious and beneficial results to ourselves, but also share those benefits with others.

Perceive all matter as the living soul and enjoy all matter as the living soul. Then your knowledge and consciousness will always remain in cosmic consciousness.

Even if you have achieved a highly advanced state, there are still obstacles on the path you must overcome. This is why one should maintain faith in the guru preceptor.

Worldly beautiful things are poisonous. If you see them outwardly, they attract you; but if you see them inwardly, then, they are renounced. This is maya, or restlessness.

Bestow the Kriya key only on qualified chelas,' Babaji said. 'He who vows to sacrifice all in the quest of the Divine is fit to unravel the final mysteries of life through the science of meditation.

For the faults of the many, judge not the whole. Everything on earth is of mixed character, like a mingling of sand and sugar. Be like the wise ant which seizes only the sugar, and leaves the sand untouched.

If religion means primarily God-consciousness, or the realization of God both within and without, and secondarily a body of beliefs, tenets and dogmas, then, strictly speaking, there is but one religion in the world, for there is but one God.

Weaken a bad habit by avoiding everything that occasioned it or stimulated it, without concentrating upon it in your zeal to avoid it. Then divert your mind to some good habit and steadily cultivate it until it becomes a dependable part of you.

By the definite science of meditation known for millenniums to the yogis and sages of India, and to Jesus, any seeker of God can enlarge the caliber of his consciousness to omniscience to receive within himself the Universal Intelligence of God.

Aug 15, 1874 - It is not possible to achieve Abhaya pada, "the state of fearlessness" without the help of Guru. One must hold onto Oneself at the house of Tranquility, without which, one cannot achieve the Abhaya pada, the eternal Realization of the ultimate Self.

It is a great mistake to regard a certain object as pleasurable in itself and to store the idea of it in the mind in hope of fulfilling a want by its actual presence in the future. If objects were pleasurable in themselves, then the same dress or food would always please everyone, which is not the case.

Pain and pleasure are transitory; endure all dualities with calmness, while trying at the same time to remove their hold. Imagination is the door through which disease as well as healing enters. Disbelieve in the reality of sickness even when you are ill [...].The power of unfulfilled desires is the root of all man's slavery.

Spirit vibrated into matter; hence, both Spirit and matter exist. Matter, however, does not exist in the way that it appears to us. It exists as we see it owing to the delusive force of maya, which makes the indivisible Spirit seem finite and divisible to all appearances. Matter has existence in the same delusive way as does a mirage in the desert.

Just as the sun and its energy are one, Brahman and the elements are also one.

And the final reason is that the world is just a play. The saint was enjoying the play of a child, and the child was enjoying the play of a saint.

There is a destiny that makes us brothers: none goes his way alone, All that we send into the lives of others comes back into our own. – Edwin Markham

Divine, but differences in human nature such as variation in happiness, misery, riches, intelligence, success, and failure are the result of karma and nothing else.