An Indian grandfather tells his grandson, "I have two wolves fighting in my heart. One wolf is vengeful, fearful, envious, resentful, deceitful. The other wolf is loving, compassionate, generous, truthful and serene." The grandson asks which wolf will win the fight. The grandfather answers, "The one I...
Spiritual experience is a fact. Spirituality may be defined as an atmosphere of good, the realization of God. It cannot - and does not - borrow its light from another, no matter how great or noble that other may be. It springs from within, coming...
The great secret that illusion hides from us is that we are always connected to the true self, which exists at the level of the soul. The true self drives personal evolution. It sends messages through intuition, insight and imagination. It arranges the best possible...
The ego is an endless wantingness, cravingness, desiringness, and because that's its nature, it can't be satisfied. You can't satisfy the ego because you'd have to change its nature. You can't get enough approval, because you'd have to have every person on earth bow down...
Liminal space is an inner state and sometimes an outer situation where we can begin to think and act in new ways. It is where we are betwixt and between, having left one room or stage of life but not yet entered the next. We...
We take subjectivity for granted. We take the Field for granted. We take consciousness for granted...
n the beginning, the Creator stood alone. He had no happiness when alone. Through meditation He brought into existence many creatures. He looked on them and saw they were without understanding, like a lifeless post, like a stone. He had no happiness. He thought: "I...
It is through your ignorance alone that the universe exists. In reality you are one. There is no individual self or Supreme Self other than you. ASHTAVAKRA SAMHITA, XV.16, translated by Swami Nityaswarupananda Life is not for sissies. Especially now, in the time of coronavirus. Things fall apart,...
The universe is programmed to manifest, through you, the highest possibilities for your creativity and joy. And that never, ever changes. In God's Mind you are never too old; in God's Mind you are never inadequate; in God's Mind you are not your resume or...