Only the Truth is and you are That! H.W.L Poonja (Papaji) You are the unchanging awareness in which all activity takes place. To deny this is to suffer, to know this is Freedom. It is not difficult to realize this, because it is your True Nature. Simple inquire 'Who am I?' and watch carefully. Do not make effort and do not stir a thought. Look within, approach with all devotions and stay as Heart. Keep vigilant and you will see that nothing will arise. This is the trick of how to keep the mind quiet and how to win Freedom. This doesn't take time because Freedom is always Here. You simply have to watch: Where does mind arise from? Where does thought come from? What is the source of this thought? Then you will see that you have always been Free and that everything has been a dream."
Each man has inside him a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and acts on it , he is giving a great deal of what it is the world needs most. It is not complicated, but it takes courage for a man to listen to his own inner goodness and act on it. Do we dare to be ourselves? This is the question that counts. ~Pablo Casals
If there is only Consciousness then right now you must be that and everything else that appears in and as awareness must also be that, including your sense of separate self if that is how you appear now. Any personal sense of I or 'doership' or ego must be Consciousness. What else could it be? I, ego, time, thought, separation, - if all there is is Consciousness then is not all of this already Consciousness? Any appearance of mundane, ordinary existence can be no less of Consciousness than any appearance of unconditional love, wholeness, bliss, stillness, silence or anything else, Does anything really need to be transcended, found or let go of? Why not live in this understanding, no longer requiring that you wait for all the supposed signs of 'enlightenment' to appear? Nathan Gill nathangill.com
The Inner Light (George Harrison) "Without going out of my door I can know all things on Earth Without looking out of my window I could know the ways of Heaven The farther one travels The less one knows The less one really knows Without going out of your door You can know all things on Earth Without looking out of your window You could know the ways of Heaven The farther one travels The less one knows The less one really knows Arrive without travelling See all without looking Do all without doing"
Those who follow the way of love "Those who follow the way of love Are the richest of all men living: They are bold, frank, and fearless, They have neither travail nor care, For the Holy Ghost bears all their burdens. They seek no outward seeming, They desire nought that is esteemed of men, They affect not singular conduct, They would be like other good men." ~John of Ruysbroeck
From: Tales and Parables of Sri Ramakrishna If You Are Earnest A MAN may not know the right path, but if he has bhakti and the desire to know God - then he attains Him through the force of sheer bhakti. Once, a sincere devotee set out on a pilgrimage to the temple of Jagannath in Puri. He did not know the way; he went west instead of south. He, no doubt, strayed from the right path, but always eagerly asked people the way, and they gave him the right direction saying, 'This is not the path; follow that one. At last the devotee was able worship the Deity. So you see, even if you are ignorant, someone will tell you the way if you are earnest.
Think Before You Speak The thought manifests as the word. The word manifests as the deed. The deed develops into the habit. The habit hardens into the character. The character gives birth to the destiny. So, watch your thoughts with care And let them spring from love Born out of respect for all beings. The Buddha, as paraphrased by Mahagosananda.
may my heart always be open to little ee cummings may my heart always be open to little birds who are the secrets of living whatever they sing is better than to know and if men should not hear them men are old may my mind stroll about hungry and fearless and thirsty and supple and even if it's sunday may i be wrong for whenever men are right they are not young and may myself do nothing usefully and love yourself so more than truly there's never been quite such a fool who could fail pulling all the sky over him with one smile
But the soul must abandon her own being. This is where the death that is spiritual begins. If the soul is to undergo this death, then she must take leave of herself and all things, holding herself and all things to be as insignificant as they were before they existed ... I do not mean that the being of the soul falls into nothingness as she was before she was created, rather we should understand this cessation to be the eradication of possessing and having. (p. 244) That person who is thus rooted in God's love must be dead to themselves and to all created things so that they are no more concerned with themselves than they are with someone who is over a thousand miles away. Such a person remains in likeness and in unity and is always the same... This person must have abandoned themselves and the whole world ... Whoever entirely renounces themselves even for a moment would be given all things. (p. 179) Meister Eckhart: Selected Writings. Trans. Oliver Davies
You're bound to become a buddha if you practice. If water drips long enough Even rocks wear through. It's not true thick skulls can't be pierced; People just imagine their minds are hard. - Shih-wu (1272-1352)
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