AND EVEN THEN And if, say, one day you reach the summit of the holy mount and are there shattered utterly by light, even then, you must go on not like a saint spiraling upward, delicate feet barely tracing invisible arcs of air, but back once more at the granite foot, the rubbled start of it...
…the question is whether the Ignorance can be transcended, whether a complete essential realisation turning the consciousness from darkness to light, from an instrument of the Ignorance seeking for Knowledge into an instrument or rather a manifestation of Knowledge proceeding to greater Knowledge, Light enlarging,...
Know the real self, and then the truth will shine forth within your heart like sunshine. The mind will become untroubled and real happiness will flood it, for happiness and the true self are identical. You will have no more doubts once you attain this...
The ''kingdom of Heaven'' is a condition of the heart - not something that comes ''upon the earth'' or ''after death." Friedrich Nietzsche, The Antichrist A friend of mine used to say, imagine the most beautiful spot you can. In a meadow, next to a burbling mountain stream,...
The state we call realization is simply being oneself, not knowing anything or becoming anything. If one has realized, he is that which alone is, and which alone has always been. He cannot describe that state. He can only be That. Of course, we loosely...
Krishna [God incarnated as man] represents love, thus love is a comprehensive panacea for all ills. If you really understand the meaning of it - utter selflessness, not love for my own sake but love for Love's sake - only then, it is a panacea...
Just as an acorn holds the potential to become an oak tree, we already possess the capacity to awaken. According to Patanjali, the underlying purpose of all experience is to show us this...
Emotional maturity begins with knowing that thoughts aren't actions. Having a bad thought isn't the same as carrying it out. Guilt doesn't recognize the difference.Deepak Chopra and Rudolph Tanzi, Super Brain Thoughts are a constant. All day long, thoughts arise with or without our permission. Everything from...
The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.Anaïs Nin Once self-awareness dawns in you, the questions you can ask about yourself, about how you think and feel, have no limit. Self-aware questions are the keys that...