You are the honoured guest.
Do not weep like a beggar for pieces of the world.
Do not weep like a beggar for pieces of the world.
The truthful one achieves with his honesty what the liar cannot achieve with his deception.
You are hurt the moment you believe yourself to be.
Hear this: God can only exist in the heart of man, not elsewhere. You identify with the body and limit yourself, and yet, remember, do not neglect this body, this is the house of God, take care of it. Only in this body can God be realized.
A liar's biggest punishment in this world is that even his truth is rejected.
Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself.
Doubt is your number one enemy. Faith is your best friend. Have faith and put forth effort. You will see the outcome.
Spiritual practice is will asserted and re-asserted. Who has not the daring will not accept the real even when offered. Unwillingness born out of fear is the only obstacle.
This place is a dream. Only a sleeper considers it real.
The desire to know your own soul will end all other desires.
You always have an option of having no opinion.
Even if you find the most important relic, even if you found one of Jesus' tooth, it will have no power compared to a human being whose life is on fire for love and truth.
Because you are sentience itself, you are the living one.
Because you are sentience itself, you are the living one.
If you don't see God in all
you don't see God at all.
— John 4:20
you don't see God at all.
— John 4:20
It is the urge, the hidden motive that matters, not the shape it takes. Whatever he does, if he does it for the sake of finding his own real self, will surely bring him to himself.
If you want words, I shall give you some of the ancient words of power. Repeat any of them ceaselessly; they can work wonders.
Selfless service and utter dedication are the two things that will make one fit to receive the Guru's Grace.
You can meditate for 4000 years, but if avoidance is at the root of it, you won't be free.
The one who is
firmly established in the Heart
is no longer distracted
by the incessant movements
of the mind.
firmly established in the Heart
is no longer distracted
by the incessant movements
of the mind.
The body becomes what the foods are: As the spirit becomes what the thoughts are.
The greatest step towards a life of happiness and simplicity is to let go. Trust in the power that is already taking care of you spontaneously without effort.
You want me to prove to you that I am trustworthy! How can I and why should I? After all, what I am offering you is the operational approach, so current in Western science.
When a scientist describes an experiment and its results, usually you accept his statements on trust and repeat his experiment as he describes it. Once you get the same or similar results, you need not trust him any more; you trust your own experience.
When a scientist describes an experiment and its results, usually you accept his statements on trust and repeat his experiment as he describes it. Once you get the same or similar results, you need not trust him any more; you trust your own experience.
There should not be any shyness, shame or false modesty to chant the Divine Name. Call aloud the moment you feel like doing so. Do not suppress it. Let your heart break open and flow towards Him without any hindrance. Such spontaneous calls will certainly help to open the heart.
In the stillness of the mind I saw myself as I am — unbound.
Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.