Leave and observe your thoughts wandering here and there in your mind.
They arise out of nowhere, almost suddenly
are replaced by others
and they follow one another endlessly, until the point occupied all the necessary space in the mind.
Observe...
treat them as guests who come to visit you, and then leave the place to other visits, with new guests.
Be present ... Observe
Don't allow,
to the guest on duty,
to become the master of the house ... during your absence.
Be present ... as much as you can
#Arjun
This Body itself is Emptiness and Emptiness itself is this Body. This Body is not other than Emptiness and Emptiness is not other than this Body.
#TheHeartSutra
One moment of total awareness is one moment of freedom and enlightenment.
#LamaSuryaDas
I said: How long will you drag my soul around the world?
He said:
Wherever I drag you, come quickly.
Say nothing.
I said: While I say nothing, do you want me to burn?
Are you saying:
Come in and say nothing?
He smiled like a rose and said:
Come in and see.
This fire is jasmine, green leaves and roses.
Say nothing.
The fire became roses and spoke.
It told me:
Except for our beloved's love and kindness.
Say nothing.
#Rumi
"With life as short as a half-taken breath, don't plant anything but love."
#Rumi
"If you seek peace, be still.
If you seek wisdom, be silent.
If you seek love, be yourself."
#BeccaLee
"It is love alone that leads to right action. What brings order in the world is to love and let love do what it will."
#JidduKrishnamurti
You are always in Love, and you can only Love yourself,
the changless one in which even space is.
There is no beginning, no middle, and no end to it.
Only Love is worth loving and this is your own Self.
#Papaji
In every religion there is love, yet love has no religion.
#Rumi
"At some point we need to stop identifying with our weakness and shift allegiance to our basic goodness." -
#PemaChödrön
The Lord knows the course of our thoughts. He does not reveal Himself to us until we have surrendered to Him our last worldly desire; until each of us says: "Father, guide and possess me.
#ParamahansaYogananda
God is all pervading. He alone is in everyone's picture and
temple. It is God's grace alone that prompts one to love God
and this is a matter of good fortune. Love should be developed
between God and man. Then only (there is hope) of peace and
bliss. Always take refuge at His feet.
#AnandamayiMa
The ceaseless noise and activity keep the nerves pumped with excitement. That's not the way to God; it's the way to destruction, because that which destroys your peace.
So remember, don't think you can't change and improve. Every night, analyze yourself; and meditate deeply, praying, “Lord, I have lived too long without You. I have played too much with my desires. Now what will become of me? I need to have you. Come to my aid. Break Your Vow of Silence. Lead me on." Ten times He may remain silent; but in the meantime, when you least expect it, He will come to you. He can't stay away. As long as you harbor ungodly curiosity, He will not come; but if you are truly sincere, then no matter where you are, He will be with you. This is worth all the effort you can make.
Isolation is the price of greatness. Avoid going to noisy places too often. The ceaseless noise and activity keep the nerves pumped with excitement. That's not the way to God; it's the way to destruction, because whatever destroys your peace moves you away from God. When you are quiet and quiet, you are with the Lord. I try to stay alone most of the time, but whether I'm alone or in a crowd, I find isolation in my soul. What a deep cave! All the sounds of the earth fade away and the world turns dead to me, as I walk in my cave of peace. If you haven't found this inner realm, why are you wasting your time?. Who will save you? No one but yourself. So don't waste any more time.
#ParamahansaYogananda
Q: Is consciousness beyond the mind?
A: Higher consciousness is beyond the mind. We are conscious of air, fire, etc. It is a lower consciousness. There is one higher consciousness that is developed when the mind is stopped, but it is shown through the mind. Like how far the moon is from this earth. Thousands of years ago yogis knew it by higher consciousness. Then the mind put it in miles.
#BabaHariDass
Up till the late 1930s, devotees would bring food offerings to Sri Bhagavan and expect him to taste them immediately so that they could be distributed to everyone present as prasad. Sri Bhagavan allowed this practice, even though it meant he had to consume far too many sweets, which were the standard offering. One night Sri Bhagavan in a jocular vein envied the luck of 'Bhagavan' [the deity] in the temple.
'My namesake there,' said Sri Bhagavan, 'is not compelled to eat the offerings made by devotees every time they come for darshan. I am compelled to eat them here. In the temple, the priest makes an offering of the food by muttering mantras and waving his hands. Then he takes the food plate away, but you people insist on my eating everything.'
In my first few visits to Sri Bhagavan, I witnessed innumerable distributions, especially of dried grapes and sugar candy. These would go on at all hours of the day and night. As this practice was found to be detrimental to Sri Bhagavan's health, it was stopped in the late 1930s. From then on, all the donations were collected in the hall and distributed at the time of meals.
Soon after my arrival with my family at the ashram in the summer of 1939, Sri Bhagavan showed me his Telugu translation, in sisa-padyam [meter], of Vasisthopadesam from Yoga Vasishta. He also showed me some alterations and separate renderings by devotees that had been made at his request. He suggested that I make further changes in his poem and also write my own version. I wrote something down and returned the whole file in a couple of minutes.
Sri Bhagavan with a look of surprise, perused my writing and exclaimed, 'What have you done? You have merely copied my original draft.'
'What else should I do, Bhagavan?' I asked. 'Nothing would be more preposterous of me than to meddle with Bhagavan's words. They are Veda. I copied this poem only for my personal parayana [reverential reading].'
Sri Bhagavan smiled and said, 'You are a clever man!'
One day, while I was at the ashram Sri Bhagavan spoke about the use of drugs by those practicing yoga.
'... after some time, the drug habit will become a great fetter and obstacle to jnana. Its addicts will not flinch from any crime to satisfy their cravings. So, it is best to remain desireless. Having seen the effects of all these drugs, I have decided that to be as we are is best. To strive for knowing one's real nature through self-inquiry, though it may be a little difficult, is the only safe path.'
The next day someone asked, What is this "I"? Where does it arise? How can it exist in all things?'
Sri Bhagavan replied, 'If you want to know what the "I" is and where it arises, you should ask the "I" itself. To state that "I am in all things" is like saying that the mirror is within the image. The truth is the other way. Just as the image is within the mirror, so all things are within the real "I".'
#SriRamanaMaharshi
Meditation is not something that should be done in a particular position at a particular time. It is an awareness and an attitude that must persist throughout the day...
#AnnamalaiSwami
IT IS NOT YOUR WORK
D: Is a set meditation necessary for strengthening the mind?
M: Not if you keep the idea always before you that it is not your work. At first, an effort is needed to remind yourself of it, but later on, it becomes natural and continuous. The work will go on of its own accord, and your peace will remain undisturbed.
Meditation is your true nature. You call it meditation now because there are other thoughts distracting you. When these thoughts are dispelled, you remain alone — that is, in the state of meditation free from thoughts; and that is your real nature, which you are now trying to gain by keeping away other thoughts. Such keeping away of other thoughts is now called meditation. But when the practice becomes firm, the real nature shows itself as true meditation.
#SriRamanaMaharshi
Go back constantly until there is nothing but the source of all left.
#SriRamanaMaharshi
A wave rises from the ocean and feels she is separate from her source and is therefore not the ocean...
Let her discover the place from where she arose. She will arrive at her source, at the ocean itself.
#Papaji