Are you looking for me? I am in the next seat.My shoulder is against yours.you will not find me in the stupas, not in Indian shrinerooms, nor in synagogues, nor in cathedrals:not in masses, nor kirtans, not in legs windingaround your own neck, nor in eating nothing but vegetables. When you really look for me, youContinue reading

Look at the Upanishads; nobody preaches anything there. They say – ‘Explore’! Sri M   The Upanishads are the distillation of the Vedas, the clearest expression of the Vedic truth that consciousness is one thing, that I am that one thing, as are you, as is everyone, always. The Upanishads say that the whole ofContinue reading

Be the change that you wish to see in the world. Mahatma Gandhi   People don’t ever really change. Bruce   The other day a friend said this to me:  “People don’t ever really change.”   He was right, of course. We always are what we are. We have the reactions we have to life,Continue reading

When Jesus said ‘[No man comes to the Father] except through me’ he was speaking of the Self, not the body, but people have misunderstood this.   On another occasion Jesus said, ‘The kingdom of heaven is within you’. He did not mean that it is within the body. This ‘you’ Jesus spoke of isContinue reading

Do not oppose. Opposition is dangerous to immortality.   Rather let the wrong just be a drop in the ocean of your virtue… when you forgive, all nature enjoys your brilliance and returns joy to you.   We are not in a position to criticize anything. We are only in a position to adore everything,Continue reading

I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won’t presume to probe into the faults of others. Mahatma Gandhi   It is so easy to sit in judgment of the people around us, especially those we see day after day. At work, at school, in our church or synagogue,Continue reading

Between the banks of pain and pleasure the river of life flows. It is only when the mind refuses to flow with life, and gets stuck at the banks, that it becomes a problem. By flowing with life I mean acceptance–letting come what comes and go what goes. Desire not, fear not, observe the actual,Continue reading

“What day is it?” “It’s today,” squeaked Piglet. “My favorite day,” said Pooh. A.A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh   Everything we do is new. Everything is something we’ve never done before. Whether we let ourselves in on it or not, we’ve never had this moment before. Eaten this dinner on this day with these people.Continue reading

The syllable gu means shadows  The syllable ru, he who disperses them, Because of the power to disperse darkness the guru is thus named. Advayataraka Upanishad   All that a guru can tell you is: ‘My dear Sir, you are quite mistaken about yourself. You are not the person you take yourself to be.’ SriContinue reading