Are you looking for me? I am in the next seat. My shoulder is against yours. you will not find me in the stupas, not in Indian shrine rooms, nor in synagogues, nor in cathedrals: not in masses, nor kirtans, not in legs winding around your own neck, nor in eating nothing but vegetables. When you really...
Look at the Upanishads; nobody preaches anything there. They say - ‘Explore’! Sri M The Upanishads are the the distillation of the Vedas, and the clearest expression of the Vedic truth that consciousness is one thing, that I am that one thing, as are you, as...
Be the change that you wish to see in the world. Mahatma Gandhi People don't ever really change. Bruce The other day a friend said this to me: "People don't ever really change." He was right, of course. We always are what we are. We have the reactions we have to life, to people. They may be...
When Jesus said '[No man comes to the Father] except through me' he was speaking of the Self, not the body, but people have misunderstood this. On another occasion Jesus said, 'The kingdom of heaven is within you'. He did not mean that it is within the body. This 'you'...
Do not oppose. Opposition is dangerous to immortality. Rather let the wrong just be a drop in the ocean of your virtue...
I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won't presume to probe into the faults of others. Mahatma Gandhi It is so easy to sit in judgment of the people around us, especially those we see day after day. At work, at school, in our...
Between the banks of pain and pleasure the river of life flows. It is only when the mind refuses to flow with life, and gets stuck at the banks, that it becomes a problem. By flowing with life I mean acceptance--letting come what comes and...
The resurrection is a description of how the universe self-corrects, life always reasserting itself even when forces of death and darkness have temporarily prevailed. Like a tiny flower growing through cracks in broken cement, peace of mind emerging at last after periods of deep grief, or people continuing to...
"What day is it?" "It's today," squeaked Piglet. "My favorite day," said Pooh. A.A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh Everything we do is new. Everything is something we've never done before. Whether we recognize it or not, whether we let ourselves in on it or not, we've never had this moment before. Eaten this dinner on this...
The syllable gu means shadows The syllable ru, he who disperses them, Because of the power to disperse darkness the guru is thus named. Advayataraka Upanishad All that a guru can tell you is: 'My dear Sir, you are quite mistaken about yourself. You are not the person you take yourself to be.' Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj For years...