In the mixture of starlight and cloud-reflected sunlight in which the desert world is now illuminated, each single object stands forth in preternatural though transient brilliance, a final assertion of existence before the coming of night: each rock and shrub and tree, each flower, each stem of grass, diverse and separate, vividly isolate, yet joinedContinue reading

Happiness depends on something or other and can be lost; freedom from everything depends on nothing and cannot be lost. Freedom from sorrow has no cause and, therefore, cannot be destroyed. Realise that freedom. Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, I Am That, p.147   How can I give when I feel like I need to get?  Continue reading

So we all serve all of life through all of our spiritual endeavors–everything that we surrender to God for the good of all, every advance, every forgiveness that we personally do, every time we let go of feeling sad and unhappy, every negativity we let go–benefits all of mankind. Consequently, anyone who is in spiritualContinue reading

The Truth is far more all-encompassing than the mind could ever comprehend. No thought can encapsulate the Truth. At best, it can point to it. For example, it can say: “All things are intrinsically one.” That is a pointer, not an explanation. Understanding these words means feeling deep within you the truth to which theyContinue reading

If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll never be lost. If you don’t know what’s supposed to happen, you’ll never be disappointed. If you don’t know how you’re supposed to be, you might find yourself pleasantly surprised by who you are.   We spend so much of life in our thoughts. We walk intoContinue reading

According to Vedanta, there are only two symptoms of enlightenment, just two indications that a transformation is taking place within you toward a higher consciousness. The first symptom is that you stop worrying. Things don’t bother you anymore. You become light-hearted and full of joy. The second symptom is that you encounter more and moreContinue reading

Give up all ideas about yourself and simply be. Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj   The Veda tells us again and again that all things in this world will work themselves out, with or without our help.   This is not to say that we should ignore the relative world. On the contrary, we’re meant to beContinue reading

[Consciousness] is shining everywhere, but is not perceived, without the eye. Therefore it is necessary to make the eye. [Consciousness’] eye of discrimination is made from one’s own religious conduct and by the worship of Bhagwan (The Divine). Guru Dev, Swami Brahmananda Saraswati,  Life and Teachings   Enlightened men and women through the ages describeContinue reading

My thoughts do not mean anything. Lesson 10, A Course in Miracles  Workbook for Students   Each of us are individual expressions of nature. Like waves on the ocean, each wave just a different way for the ocean to experience itself. Yet most of us, most of the time, think of ourselves as individuals. So what,Continue reading