A guide has entered this life in silence.
His message is only heard in silence."
#Rumi
Do you pay regular visits to yourself? start now.
#Rumi
"Your soul is a garden, and your thoughts are the seeds.
You can grow flowers,or you can grow weeds.
#Rumi
Each man's first duty is
to realize his True Nature.
#SriRamanaMaharshi
" ...Vegetarianism is absolutely necessary..."
#SriRamanaMaharshi
The light within, that is, the Self, gives light to the ego, the intellect, the memory and the mind without itself being subject to processes of growth and decay.
#SriRamanaMaharshi
However evil-minded
other people may appear to you, it is not proper to hate or depise them.
#SriRamanaMaharshi
Devotee.: My mind is very unsteady.
What should I do?
Maharshi.: Fix your attention on any single thing and try to hold on to it All will be right.
#SriRamanaMaharshi
What I like is, to know who I am and to remain as I am with the knowledge that what is to happen will happen and what is not to happen will not happen.
#SriRamanaMaharshi
...is your body not the result of someone's entertainment?
The conscious presence depends on the body, and the body is nothing but the sperm and ovum, so where is this
"you?" - Consciousness and the Absolute.
#SriNisargadattaMaharaj
Leave your mind alone, that is all. Do not go along with it. After all, there is no such thing as mind apart from thoughts which come and go obeying their own laws, not yours. They dominate you only because you are interested in them.
#SriNisargadattaMaharaj
The only way of
knowing it is to be it. The mind cannot reach it.
To perceive it, does not need the senses; to know it, does not need the mind.
#SriNisargadattaMaharaj
The Devotee: "Sir, in what state of mind does one have the vision of the Lord?"
#SriRamakrishna : "One can attain nothing unless one concentrates the mind to a point. The Bhagavata mentions, that Shukadeva would walk around looking like a soldier with a bayonet. He would see neither this way nor that - his eyes were glued to his goal, Bhagavan. This is called Yoga.
The chatak bird drinks only rainwater. Let the Ganges, the Jamuna, the Godavari and other rivers be full of water. Let the seven seas also be full of water. But it will not take water from any of these. It will only drink the rainwater from the cloud of swati nakshatra (a particular conjunction of stars).
He, who has attained such Yoga, can have the Lord's vision. Till the curtain rises in a theatre, the audience talks of their homes, their offices, their schools and so on. As soon as the curtain rises, all talk stops at once. Then all eyes are fixed on the play.
Even if one speaks a word or two after a long time, one talks only about the play".
Who are the truly wealthy?
Those who are possessed of the Supreme Treasure, they alone are really rich and live in abundance.
Poor and destitute must be called the man in whose heart the remembrance of God abides not.
To depend solely on Him is man's one and only duty.
#AnandamayiMa
"In order to develop a taste for meditation you have to make a deliberate and sustained effort, just as children have to be made to sit and study, be it by persuasion or coercion.
By taking medicine or having injections a patient may get well; even if you do not feel inclined to meditate, conquer your reluctance and make an attempt.
The habit of countless lives is pulling you in the opposite direction and making it difficult for you - persevere in spite of it!
By your tenacity you will gain strength and be moulded; that is to say, you will develop the capability to perform spiritual disciplines.
Make up your mind that however arduous the task, it will have to be accomplished.
Recognition and fame last for a short time only, they do not accompany you when you leave this world.
If your thought does not naturally flow towards the Eternal, fix it there by an effort of will."
#AnandamayiMa
Every moment belongs to God.
#AnandamayiMa
"Constant
Remembrance
Of Gods
Holy Name brings relief from all anxiety"
#AnandamayiMa
"Don't yearn for human love; it will vanish.
Behind human love is the spiritual love of God. Seek that. Don't pray for home or for money or for love or for friendship. Don't pray for anything of this world. Enjoy only what the Lord gives to you. All else leads to delusion. Man has come on earth solely to learn to know God; he is here for no other reason. This is the true message of the Lord."
#ParamahansaYogananda