[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 their total environment (because they never use their personal will to resist the largerContinue reading

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 pointed out by the Buddha… HumanContinue reading

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 that, it’s a greatContinue reading

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 teachersContinue reading

[W]e forget that our real nature, by definition, is always available to us in some measure. Accessing it does not depend on solving any problem or healing any wound… This understanding is crucial, for when people hear about the possibility of liberation, they almost always imagine that such a thing could only be the resultContinue reading

Between snowflakes and leaves there are resemblances. At the sight of snow falling one thinks that one is seeing small flowers that are falling from the sky… Birds’ feathers, leaves on a tree, the delicate, feathery, fingery snowfall in winter–one rightly tells oneself that they are related… Does the leaf know how beautiful it is?Continue reading

To attain all the fulfillment you’ve ever dreamed of and more, you simply need to see the truth of your own Being: that infinite potential exists within you, for you are an expression of the Divine, and whatever manifests through you in this life, though not infinite, is to be honored as what you aloneContinue reading

Letting go involves being aware of a feeling, letting it come up, staying with it, and letting it run its course without wanting to make it different or do anything about it. It means simply to let the feeling be there and to focus on letting out the energy behind it. The first step isContinue reading

If you look at life, it’s in itself a miracle. You don’t need any external miracles. Sri M When I first learned this transcending meditation, I had the need to be fixed. To be relieved of the discomfort and pain I felt, and somehow to be made whole. ‘Whole’ because I felt there was somethingContinue reading