"The reality which shines fully, without misery and without a body, not only when the world is known but also when the world is not known, is your real form."
- Ramana Maharshispiritual , Ramana Maharshi , absolute-reality , awakening , detachment , reality , who-you-are
"There is the lotus leaf in the water; the water cannot touch and adhere to it; so will you be in the world. This is called Vairagya, dispassion or non-attachment."
- Swami Vivekananda
"The highest goal of music is to connect one's soul to their divine nature."
- Pythagorasspiritual , Pythagoras , connection , divine , music , soul
"To feel God's grace means you have to surrender completely, have a lot of humility."
- Robert Adamsinspiring , spiritual , Robert Adams , god , grace , humility , seeking-god , surrender-to-god
"When you take refuge in your Self you become happy. When you take refuge in your Self you have peace. When you take refuge in your Self you have harmony, you have joy."
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , inner-peace , joy , self , self-realization , within-yourself
"Love is will, the will to share your happiness with all. Being happy -making happy- this is the rhythm of love."
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , ecstasy , happiness , happy , joy , love , sharing
"In the quantum field of Ultimate Reality, there is only one of us here. Attacking anyone is attacking ourselves; forgiving anyone is forgiving ourselves. Generosity and mercy are simply forms of self-care."
- Marianne Williamsonlaw-of-attraction , spiritual , Marianne Williamson , absolute-reality , compassion , connection , forgiveness , generosity , helping-others , mercy , unconditional-love , we-are-all-one
"Love everything because it's all part of the Self"
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , advaita-vedanta , broader-perspective , self , unconditional-love , we-are-all-one
"In the mundane, nothing is sacred. In sacredness, nothing is mundane."
- Dogen
"What is reality? An icicle forming in fire."
- Dogen
"It is not life that causes suffering, but our expectation that life should be the way we want."
- Kodo Sawakispiritual , Kodo Sawaki , attachment , expectations , suffering
"Be Don't try to become"
- Oshospiritual , Osho , be-yourself , being , just-be , non-duality
"The awakened state of being, the enlightened state of being, can also be called the natural state of being."
- Adyashantispiritual , Adyashanti , awakening , enlightenment , who-you-are
"Awareness has a decisiveness that mind never has"
- Osholaw-of-attraction , spiritual , Osho , awareness , decisiveness , intuition
"When you become the witness and you do not interfere with the thought process, the thoughts automatically disappear by themselves, until they dissipate entirely."
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , be-the-witness , empty-mind , no-thoughts , non-duality
"My love is unconditional. Your action is irrelevant."
- Osho
"Listen to your being. It is continuously giving you hints, it is a still, small voice."
- Osholaw-of-attraction , spiritual , Osho , inner-being , inner-voice , intuition
"It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else."
- Arthur Schopenhauerinspiring , spiritual , Arthur Schopenhauer , happiness , independent , within-yourself
"Maybe one day we'll wake up and this will all just be a dream."
- Emineminspiring , spiritual , Eminem , bad-times , songs-lyrics , this-too-shall-pass
"I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky. I believe that what people call God is something in all of us."
- John Lennoninspiring , spiritual , John Lennon , god , inner-being , religion , seeking-god , source-energy , within-yourself
"Stop measuring days by degree of productivity and start experiencing them by degree of presence."
- Alan Wattsspiritual , Alan Watts , awareness , now , live , present , slow-down
"Silence is good food for the spirit"
- Adyashantispiritual , Adyashanti , inner-peace , silence , spirit
"It's not that everything will always be good; it's that it's always been good, even if you weren't aware of it."
- Adyashanti
"The fruit of silence is tranquility"
- Old Proverbsinspiring , spiritual , Old Proverbs , silence , tranquility
"There is a sun within every person"
- Rumispiritual , Rumi , light , source-energy , sun , within-yourself
"You are the Universe expressing itself as a human for a little while"
- Eckhart Tollespiritual , Eckhart Tolle , source-energy , spirit , universe , who-you-are
"Once you catch a glimpse of self-realization, you'll never go back again. There's no turning back."
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , advaita-vedanta , awakening , self-realization
"As you observe the thoughts they disappear, but more come, more come, and even when you're finished with them from this life, they'll come to you from a previous life. It never stops. So you have to keep asking the question, 'To whom do they come? To whom do they come?' And keep observing and following the I thought, and doing nothing, and one day it will all be gone, and you'll be free. But you have to have patience and persistence. Remember, it took us so many years to be the way we are, screwy, crazy, insane. So now it's going to take a little time, perhaps, to get over it."
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , be-the-witness , liberation , patience , sadhana , self-inquiry
"In true meditation, we start from the foundation of letting everything be as it is."
- Adyashantispiritual , Adyashanti , let-it-be , meditation , non-duality
"Heaven is this moment. Hell is the burning desire for this moment to be different. It's that simple."
- Jeff Fosterspiritual , Jeff Foster , acceptance , now , heaven , moments
"No knowledge comes from outside; it is all inside. What we say a man 'knows', should, in strict psychological language, be what he 'discovers' or 'unveils'; what a man 'learns' is really what he 'discovers', by taking the cover off his own soul, which is a mine of infinite knowledge."
- Swami Vivekanandainspiring , spiritual , Swami Vivekananda , infinite , knowledge , learning , soul
"When I am silent, I fall into the place where everything is music."
- Rumispiritual , Rumi , meditation , music , silence
"Life is available only in the present moment"
- Thich Nhat Hanhinspiring , spiritual , Thich Nhat Hanh , now , life , moments , present
"If you want love, do not hide from yourself."
- Rumispiritual , Rumi , inner-being , love , self , self-love , within-yourself
"You're connected with everything"
- Alan Wattsspiritual , Alan Watts , connection , unity , we-are-all-one
"Breath is the king of mind"
- B K S Iyengarspiritual , B K S Iyengar , breath , breathe , meditation , mind , mindfulness
"One who knows the art of relaxation also knows the art of meditation."
- B K S Iyengarinspiring , spiritual , B K S Iyengar , inner-peace , meditation , relax
"When you awaken, you appear the same as you are right now, only you're totally free. That's all. You're completely, totally free. Your people will still see you the same way you are now. They will not see any difference. If they stay with you twenty-four hours a day, they will notice you do not react to things any longer. They will notice you've become an embodiment of peace, that you're always happy, nothing disturbs you. There's absolutely nothing to be afraid of. It's a wonderful experience."
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , alignment , awakening , bliss , carefree , enlightenment , happiness , happy , inner-peace , liberation , serenity
"Perfect archery has no archer"
- Wu Hsinspiritual , Wu Hsin , detachment , emptiness , in-the-zone , perfection , sports
"The desire to know your own soul will end all other desires"
- Rumispiritual , Rumi , desires , self-inquiry , self-realization , soul