How does the ordinary person come to the transcendent? For a start, I would say, study poetry. Learn how to read a poem. You need not have the experience to get the message, or at least some indication of the message. It may come gradually. Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That:...
You cannot really classify spiritual progress into any category and say logically that you can go from step 1 to step 2, and then to step 3. It's an abandonment of everything. So, all rules are broken down and one moves towards the goal, throwing everything to the winds. Sri M There are no...
Most people spend their whole lives using their strengths to cover up and hide their weaknesses. They expend tremendous energy in keeping themselves a house divided. But if you surrender to your weakness, therein lies your pathway to genius. A person who knows and utilizes his true weakness...
Love everything, all the time. Dr. David R. Hawkins, M.D., Ph.D. There is one sure way to achieve enlightenment. I have written it before, but it cannot be stated too many times. Love everything, all the time. Love everyone all the time. It may take a while, or it could happen in...
Mystery 7: Do we live in a conscious universe? Answer: Yes. But this won’t make any sense if your notion of a conscious universe is filed with thoughts, sensations, images, and feelings. Those are the contents of the mind. Remove the contents and what remains is pure consciousness, which is silent, unmoving,...
All the gods, all the heavens, all the hells, are within you. Joseph Campbell The Aitareya Upanishad contains one of the creation myths from of the Vedic culture. It’s fascinating to see the parallels in it to the stories we have in Judeo-Christian mythology. In the beginning the Spirit was One and all this (universe) was...
Is romance based first on illusion, and then the illusion wears off and now you both look raggedy because you see how it [really] is? Or was the love the reality? Which is which? I always think it's the opposite of the way the world sees it. I...
The fact is that we are separated, and we are looking for it. The puny brain can never find the ‘why’ until it reaches the goal. When it does reach the goal and finds the ‘why’, it cannot explain to someone who is still seeking. But, the fact remains...
The Ego is a veil between humans and God. Rumi There are people who are in our life day after day. Parents, children, spouses, bosses, co-workers. These people know where our buttons are. When our buttons get pushed, we have a download of fight, flight, freeze chemistry. We have no control over this....
He is the sun dwelling in the bright heavens. He is the air dwelling in the interspace. He is the fire dwelling on earth. He is the guest dwelling in the house. He dwells in men, in the gods, in truth, in the sky. He is born in...