[T]he sages tell us the pattern of the whole universe, of all that is, is imprinted on the deepest level of your being. You are not only part of the whole, you are the Whole. Realizing this brings the experience of joyous freedom because you perceive that with infinite options available...
Is there some way by which the ordinary mind, caught up in this world with its pains and pleasures, can be free and touch the essence? The study of this is called the Brahmavidya, and the way to do this is called Yoga. Sri M Brahmavidya – knowledge of Totality....
Happiness is looking at the same thing with different eyes. Life only happens here--at this very moment. Tomorrow and yesterday are no more than a thought. So make the best of it. You do not know how long you have got. This is a positive message. It helps to give...
I realized that Maharishi was offering love with detachment, the mark of a great sage. I remembered one of his favorite remarks, which he once directed to me: "I love you, but it's none of your business." Deepak Chopra, The Maharishi Years - The Untold Story: Recollections of a Former Disciple from Huffington Post If we...
Practice meditation regularly. Meditation leads to eternal bliss. Therefore meditate, meditate. Swami Sivananda The affairs of the world will go on forever. Do not delay the practice of meditation. Milarepa Without meditation, I'd probably be dead. Mike Love Nothing in my experience or in my observation has the transformative power of our simple, twice daily practice....
From Bronnie Ware, an Australian nurse working in palliative care, caring for patients in the last 12 weeks of their lives: I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.I wish I hadn't worked so hard.I wish I'd...
[F]rom a spiritual perspective, the most effective political, social, or environmental activism is awakening to your true nature and helping others awaken. Indeed, in the long run, it is the only effective method, for awakened ones naturally exist in harmony with...
The primary spiritual gift of human existence is the opportunity that by the option of one's own free will, Divinity may be chosen or rejected by whatever name God is known. Thus, human life and the permission to incarnate as a human are great gifts in themselves, as was...
We like to confine ourselves to the thought that we are puny little beings with our own interests, wandering here and there. But, in actuality, we are not. Sri M The greatest miracle for a great yogi is to guide someone to the highest. If one person in a million reaches...
Nobody's perfect. We're all just one step up from the beasts and one step down from the angels. Jeannette Walls, Half Broke Horses Perfection is not possible in the relative world. The word perfection means, originally, "completed." So by definition, if you're still alive, it's not possible for you to be perfect. We want our...