Transcendence means that you rise above the thoughts; you don't destroy them, you don't remove them. They are all there waiting for you, you must be very careful. That is why it is said: "When should you praise the monk? When the monk dies, when...
Happiness, not in another place but this place...
I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased to question stars and books; I have begun to listen to the teaching my blood whispers to me. Hermann Hesse, Demian Knowledge is acquired. Truth is revealed. Wayne Liquorman We read and study and re-read writings that have...
Tomorrow's bills are not the problem. The dissolution of the physical body is not a problem. Loss of Now is the problem, or rather: the core delusion that turns a mere situation, event, or emotion into a personal problem and into suffering. Loss of Now is...
(It is) in that utter stillness the 'Truth' comes into being. One understands one's true reality. It is as if all the impurities, or all the agitations, or all the modifications of the mind have been wiped out and the essence remains in its absolute...
Wherever it leads you, it will be a dream. The very idea of going beyond the dream is illusory. Why go anywhere? Just realize that you are dreaming a dream you call the world, and stop looking for ways out. The dream is not your...
The Yogis of ancient times wondered: If the condition of the mind is affecting one's breath, is it possible to change the breathing rhythm so that the mind can be pacified? From this insight, many pranayamas came to be. A simple evidence - if you...
Non-violence does not mean an external manifestation of being not harmful to others alone. Nonviolence is a state of mind. I have seen this happen with my Master - with whom I lived in the Himalayas for many years - that if you cease to...
Never say any man is hopeless, because he only represents a character: a bundle of habits, which can be checked by new and better ones. Character is repeated habits, and repeated habits alone can reform character. Swami Vivekananda The ancient teachings of Vedanta say the goal of...
At some point of time a great thought will come to us: Let me go and see what is behind all these differences, let me try to understand the One behind the many. That will be the time when our journey will become inward. Till...