"The desire to know your own soul will end all other desires"
- Rumi
"The desire to know your own soul will end all other desires"
- Rumispiritual , Rumi , desires , self-inquiry , self-realization , soul
"The problem is not enjoyment; the problem is attachment."
- Tilopaspiritual , Tilopa , attachment , enjoy , pleasure
"Awareness without projection is the greatest meditation"
- Tilopaspiritual , Tilopa , awareness , concepts , emptiness , meditation , no-thoughts , non-duality
"Cut the mind at its root and rest in naked awareness"
- Tilopaspiritual , Tilopa , awareness , empty-mind , no-thoughts , sadhana
"Whether you worship Christ, Krishna, Kali or Allah, you actually worship the one Light that is also in you, since it pervades all things."
- Anandamayi Maspiritual , Anandamayi Ma , light , seeking-god , source-energy , we-are-all-one , who-you-are , within-yourself , worship
"As long as one is mesmerized by the tree, the root cannot be understood."
- Wu Hsinspiritual , Wu Hsin , absolute-reality , advaita-vedanta , attachment , self-inquiry , self-realization
"Wanting life to be other than it is, is like wanting a river flow uphill or a cat to bark."
- Wu Hsinspiritual , Wu Hsin , concepts , emptiness , non-duality
"Be still beyond belief"
- Gangajispiritual , Gangaji , empty-mind , stillness
"Anything you can know or know about, you cannot be, therefore discard it."
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , neti-neti , self-inquiry , who-am-i
"Q: How should we treat others? R: There are no others."
- Ramana Maharshispiritual , Ramana Maharshi , enlightenment , non-duality , self , we-are-all-one
"Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It is a way of entering into the quiet that is already there."
- Deepak Chopraspiritual , Deepak Chopra , empty-mind , meditation , quietness , sadhana
"In every person there is a sun. Just let them shine."
- Socratesinspiring , spiritual , Socrates , beauty , inner-being , potential , shine , sun , transformation , within-yourself
"Your job is to relax, to take it easy, to be peaceful."
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , ease , good-life , inner-peace , make-peace , relax , sadhana , slow-down
"The lamps are different, but the Light is the same."
- Rumiinspiring , spiritual , Rumi , equality , light , racism , we-are-all-one
"The lamps are different, but the light is the same. One matter, one energy, one light, one light-mind, endlessly emanating all things."
- Rumispiritual , Rumi , divine , energy , equality , infinite , light , source-energy , we-are-all-one
"There is no outside of you. It's all an inside game."
- Adyashantispiritual , Adyashanti , absolute-reality , illusion , inner , within-yourself
"Go deeper, go deeper. Don't land anywhere."
- Papajispiritual , Papaji , inner , meditation , sadhana , self-inquiry
"It is the ego that keeps you in bondage. It is the ego that makes you believe you are what you are. It is the ego that causes all the problems to come into your life. The ego is your worst enemy. Therefore you have to do everything in life that you can do to annihilate the ego. The ego must be annihilated, totally removed, totally destroyed."
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , advaita-vedanta , ego , illusion , prisoner , self-inquiry
"Everything that is happening, is happening now. Not tomorrow or yesterday. It's all happening in the moment. So where is there to go?"
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , awareness , now , present
"The state of Self-realisation, as we call it, is not attaining something new or reaching some goal which is far away, but simply being that which you always are and which you always have been."
- Ramana Maharshispiritual , Ramana Maharshi , advaita-vedanta , inner-being , self-realization , who-you-are
"You are awareness. Awareness is another name for you. Since you are awareness there is no need to attain or cultivate it. All that you have to do is to give up being aware of other things, that is of the not-Self. If one gives up being aware of them then pure awareness alone remains, and that is the Self."
- Ramana Maharshispiritual , Ramana Maharshi , awareness , neti-neti , self , self-realization
"I discovered in the silence, the voice of God."
- Soren Kierkegaardinspiring , spiritual , Soren Kierkegaard , god , inner-voice , seeking-god , silence
"I will never let mankind put anything over me, but that I will try always to recognize and submit to the gods in me."
- D H Lawrencespiritual , D H Lawrence , influence , inner-being , inner-voice , spirit-guides , surrender-to-god , what-others-think , within-yourself
"Be a witness, not a judge."
- Rumi
"In today's rush we all think too much, seek too much, want too much and forget about the joy of just being"
- Eckhart Tolleinspiring , spiritual , Eckhart Tolle , anxiety , just-be , overthinking , overwhelmed , slow-down , stress
"The more we are conscious, the deeper the joy."
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , awareness , bliss , consciousness , joy
"Perhaps you're a slave to your own idea of yourself"
- D H Lawrencespiritual , D H Lawrence , concepts , introspection , prisoner , self-inquiry , self-image , who-am-i
"You are the universe in ecstatic motion."
- Rumispiritual , Rumi , dance , euphoria , universe , who-you-are
"It is the human mind that creates its own difficulties and then cries for help."
- Ramana Maharshispiritual , Ramana Maharshi , difficulties , ego , mind
"Suffering is something that has been given to you to show you where your mind is still stuck. It's a vehicle to help you go to work. That's why it's called Grace."
- Ram Dassinspiring , spiritual , Ram Dass , bad-times , grace , mind , suffering
"The gnani is afraid of nothing"
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , fearless , jnani , self-realization
"Get rid of all ideas about yourself, even of the idea that you are God. No self-definition is valid"
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , concepts , god , neti-neti , no-thoughts , sadhana , self , self-image , who-am-i
"The enlightened being knows only happiness"
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , advaita-vedanta , bliss , enlightenment , euphoria , happiness , unconditional
"I looked in temples, churches and mosques. But I found the divine within my heart."
- Rumiinspiring , spiritual , Rumi , divine , heart , religion , seeking-god , within-yourself
"I'm not afraid of death because I don't believe in it. It's just getting out of one car, and into another."
- John Lennoninspiring , spiritual , John Lennon , death , fear , afterlife-reincarnation
"Become nothing, And He'll turn you into everything."
- Rumispiritual , Rumi , awakening , emptiness , neti-neti , no-thoughts
"Ego implies unawareness. Awareness and ego cannot coexist."
- Eckhart Tollespiritual , Eckhart Tolle , awareness , ego
"Here we are Here and Now That's all there is"
- Ram Dass
"The minute you don't want Power, you'll have more than what you ever dreamed possible."
- Ram Dassspiritual , Ram Dass , detachment , power
"Mind is consciousness which has put on limitations"
- Ramana Maharshispiritual , Ramana Maharshi , consciousness , mind , self