"In the ultimate reality there's nothing as we know it, as we conceive it. As long as you're able to voice it, it's false. As long as you able to think about it, it does not exist. Reality is silence, not words."
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , absolute-reality , awakening , emptiness , neti-neti , reality , silence
"The ego is your worst enemy"
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , ego
"The knower of Truth is never miserable in the world, for the whole universe is filled with Himself alone"
- Ashtavakra Gitaspiritual , Ashtavakra Gita , advaita-vedanta , enlightenment , maya , truth , unconditional , universe , we-are-all-one
"Why are you so enchanted by this world, when a mine of gold lies within you?"
- Rumispiritual , Rumi , attachment , detachment , illusion , treasure , within-yourself
"This (Spiritual practises) doesn't mean that you shouldn't go anywhere or do something else. You can watch TV, you can go to a movie, you can go swimming, you can go play golf, you can go bowling but never forget who you are, that's all. Always remember who you really are."
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , advaita-vedanta , awareness , sadhana , self-inquiry , who-you-are
"Really the only thing you have to do is quiet your mind"
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , advaita-vedanta , empty-mind , meditation , non-duality , quietness , stillness
"When the faith is strong enough, it is sufficient just to be"
- Ram Dassspiritual , Ram Dass , just-be , trust , well-being
"The secret of Buddhism is to remove all ideas, all concepts, in order for the truth to have a chance to penetrate, to reveal itself."
- Thich Nhat Hanhspiritual , Thich Nhat Hanh , awakening , empty-mind , neti-neti , secret , spirit-guides , truth
"We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness"
- Thich Nhat Hanhspiritual , Thich Nhat Hanh , awakening , illusion , unity , we-are-all-one
"Let us be silent, that we may hear the whisper of God."
- Ralph Waldo Emersoninspiring , spiritual , Ralph Waldo Emerson , god , guidance , inner-voice , inspiration , seeking-god , silence , spirit-guides
"Retire to the center of your being, which is calmness."
- Paramahansa Yoganandaspiritual , Paramahansa Yogananda , calmness , inner-being , inner-peace , meditation , rest , within-yourself
"Those persons who have perceptive eyes enjoy beauty everywhere"
- Paramahansa Yoganandainspiring , spiritual , Paramahansa Yogananda , beauty , eyes , perception
"Now is where Love breathes"
- Rumi
"The Universe is your friend. It's on your side there's nothing against you. The only thing against you are your thoughts. If you learn to quiet your mind you'll have no problems."
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , advaita-vedanta , empty-mind , no-thoughts , problems , quietness , universe , well-being
"In emptiness there is good but no evil. Wisdom exists, logic exists, the Way exists, mind is empty."
- Miyamoto Musashispiritual , Miyamoto Musashi , emptiness , empty-mind , instinct , spirit-guides , wisdom
"When your mind is quiet, you find bliss"
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , bliss , empty-mind , inner-peace , quietness
"The mind turned inwards is the Self; turned outwards, it becomes the ego and all the world."
- Ramana Maharshispiritual , Ramana Maharshi , ego , inner-being , maya , sadhana , self , self-inquiry , self-realization , within-yourself
"What is called the world is only thought"
- Ramana Maharshispiritual , Ramana Maharshi , advaita-vedanta , illusion , maya , thought , world
"There's always happiness. There's always peace. There's always love. It's not something you have to acquire. It is your real nature."
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , happiness , inner-peace , self-realization , unconditional-love , who-you-are
"How do you become happy? By not thinking"
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , bliss , empty-mind , happy , no-thoughts , pure
"Suffering usually relates to wanting things to be different from the way they are."
- Allan Lokosspiritual , Allan Lokos , acceptance , attachment , hurt , suffering
"The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly."
- Buddhainspiring , spiritual , Buddha , now , body , health , mindfulness , past , present , secret , stress , worry
"The secret is to quiet the mind. Your real nature is self-realization. When the mind is stilled, you just return to your real nature, to what you always were."
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , empty-mind , no-thoughts , quietness , secret , self-realization , stillness , who-you-are
"A quiet mind is all you need. All else will happen rightly, once your mind is quiet."
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , advaita-vedanta , all-is-well , empty-mind , enlightenment , quietness
"That which has form is not real Only the formless is permanent"
- Ashtavakra Gitaspiritual , Ashtavakra Gita , advaita-vedanta , illusion , maya , neti-neti , non-physical , spirit
"You are unbounded awareness -bliss, supreme bliss! In you the universe appears, like the mirage of a snake in a rope. Be happy."
- Ashtavakra Gitaspiritual , Ashtavakra Gita , awareness , bliss , broader-perspective , divine , enlightenment , happy , illusion , pure , universe , within-yourself
"The world is but a show, glittering and empty. It appears exactly as it looks, but there is no depth in it, nor meaning. Only the onlooker is real."
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , awakening , broader-perspective , emptiness , illusion , reality , self
"What is the purpose of human life? To return home"
- Papajispiritual , Papaji , home , life , purpose , seeking-god , self-realization , source-energy
"The only way is to look within"
- Papajispiritual , Papaji , inner , path , self-inquiry , within-yourself
"The best you can do is stay quiet and not let anything bother you"
- Papajispiritual , Papaji , detachment , empty-mind , meditation , neti-neti , quietness
"First find peace within and you will see this inner peace reflected everywhere else"
- Papajiinspiring , spiritual , Papaji , inner-peace , reflection , within-yourself
"Find where the ego rises from and it will disappear"
- Papajispiritual , Papaji , awakening , ego , self-inquiry , who-am-i
"Consciousness sleeps in minerals, dreams in plants, wakes up in animals, and becomes self-aware in humans"
- Rumispiritual , Rumi , animals , awareness , consciousness , nature , source-energy , spirit
"Our separateness and isolation are an illusion. We're all made of the same thing -the blown-out pieces of matter formed in the fires of dead stars."
- Blake Crouchspiritual , Blake Crouch , energy , fiction-novels , fire-flame , illusion , source-energy , stars , unity , we-are-all-one
"Appreciate the beauty in silence"
- Anonymousinspiring , spiritual , Anonymous , beauty , emptiness , silence , stillness
"Love is a flame that burns everything other than itself. It is the destruction of all that is false and the fulfillment of all that is true."
- Adyashantiinspiring , spiritual , Adyashanti , fire-flame , love , truth
"Enlightenment means waking up to what you truly are and then being that"
- Adyashantispiritual , Adyashanti , awakening , enlightenment , inner-being , self , who-you-are
"Fall into the space of abiding in the hundreds of small moments during the day"
- Adyashantispiritual , Adyashanti , awareness , now , mindfulness , moments , slow-down
"Karma is a taskmaster for the foolish and the servant to the wise"
- Buddha
"Simply stay quiet, don't make effort, don't think. This is all you have to do."
- Papajispiritual , Papaji , empty-mind , flow , no-thoughts , non-duality , quietness , stillness , stoicism