"Do not attach yourself to what your body is going through. Keep your mind above it, keep your head in heaven and your feet on the ground."
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , attachment , be-the-witness , body , broader-perspective , detachment , empty-mind , neti-neti
"Learn to be calm and you will always be happy"
- Paramahansa Yoganandainspiring , spiritual , Paramahansa Yogananda , calmness , happy , inner-peace , relax
"When the mind is left without anything to cling to, it becomes still."
- Ramana Maharshispiritual , Ramana Maharshi , detachment , empty-mind , neti-neti , non-duality , stillness
"Your goal is not to battle with the mind, but to witness the mind"
- Swami Muktanandaspiritual , Swami Muktananda , advaita-vedanta , awareness , be-the-witness , mindfulness
"Who is journeying for freedom? The one who is already free"
- Papajispiritual , Papaji , advaita-vedanta , freedom , illusion , liberation , self-realization
"If you see the illusion you are enlightened, but if you think that you are enlightened you are in the illusion"
- Papajispiritual , Papaji , awakening , enlightenment , illusion
"Wherever you are, and whatever you do, be in love."
- Rumiinspiring , spiritual , Rumi , appreciation , love , unconditional-love
"Let stillness direct your words and actions"
- Eckhart Tollespiritual , Eckhart Tolle , detachment , instinct , no-thoughts , stillness
"In your silence, when there are no words, no language, nobody else is present, you are getting in tune with existence."
- Oshospiritual , Osho , consciousness , inner-being , meditation , silence , solitude , source-energy , who-you-are
"Begin to spend more time diving within yourself, watching, witnessing. When thoughts pop up, simply ask yourself, 'To whom do these thoughts come? To me. I think them. Who am I? What is the source of the I?' As you do this, my friends, I can assure you a marvelous change will take place in your life, sooner or later, and you will become free."
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , be-the-witness , liberation , sadhana , self-inquiry , source-energy , who-am-i
"If the mind is attached to any experience, this is bondage. When the mind is detached from all experience, this is liberation."
- Ashtavakra Gitaspiritual , Ashtavakra Gita , attachment , detachment , empty-mind , liberation , neti-neti , non-duality
"There is nothing wrong with the world What is wrong is in the way you look at it"
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , advaita-vedanta , all-is-well , broader-perspective , illusion , non-duality , perception , world
"Stay open and quiet, that is all. What you seek is so near you."
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , awareness , open-minded , quietness , seeking-god , self-realization
"Everything changes once we identify with being the witness to the story, instead of the actor in it."
- Ram Dassspiritual , Ram Dass , be-the-witness , detachment , illusion , neti-neti
"Don't compare your path with anybody else's. Your path is unique to you."
- Ram Dassinspiring , spiritual , Ram Dass , comparison , journey , karma , life , mind-your-own-business , path , purpose
"There is just nobody home. There never was a body, there is no body, and there never will be a body. There is only consciousness and you are that."
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , advaita-vedanta , body , consciousness , emptiness , enlightenment , illusion , neti-neti , who-you-are
"All of the solutions, all of the wisdom, all of the happiness and bliss you’ve been searching for, it’s within you."
- Robert Adamsinspiring , law-of-attraction , spiritual , Robert Adams , answers , bliss , happiness , inner , inner-peace , solution , wisdom , within-yourself
"There is nothing wrong with you at all"
- Alan Wattsinspiring , spiritual , Alan Watts , flaws , ignore-haters , imperfect , perfection , self-esteem , self-love , self-image , what-others-think
"The turmoil, the chaos that appears to be in this world, is not the truth. It is not reality. It is something that comes and goes. This too shall pass. But your center is God, consciousness, absolute reality, Brahman. That is the peace that exists."
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , consciousness , illusion , inner-peace , maya , neti-neti , reality , source-energy , this-too-shall-pass , within-yourself
"To meet everything and everyone through stillness instead of mental noise is the greatest gift you can offer the universe"
- Eckhart Tollespiritual , Eckhart Tolle , empty-mind , helping-others , inner-peace , mentality , reaction , stillness , universe
"The mind has to be empty to see clearly"
- Jiddu Krishnamurtispiritual , Jiddu Krishnamurti , clarity , empty-mind , no-thoughts , perception
"It is spiritual poverty, not material lack, that lies at the core of all human suffering."
- Paramahansa Yoganandaspiritual , Paramahansa Yogananda , humanity , materialism , poor , suffering
"Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It is a way of entering into the quiet that is already there -buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day."
- Deepak Chopraspiritual , Deepak Chopra , empty-mind , inner-peace , meditation , mindfulness , no-thoughts , quietness
"In the state of love, no matter what you do, it's going to be good"
- Paramahansa Yoganandalaw-of-attraction , spiritual , Paramahansa Yogananda , alignment , feelings , love , loving
"Be where you are Otherwise you will miss your life"
- Jack Kornfieldinspiring , spiritual , Jack Kornfield , now , just-be , moments , present , slow-down
"Silence is essential. We need silence just as much as we need air, just as much as plants need light. If our minds are crowded with words and thoughts, there is no space for us."
- Thich Nhat Hanhspiritual , Thich Nhat Hanh , empty-mind , meditation , silence , stop-thinking
"So often what prevents us from living an admirable life is the chattering of our minds, which pester us with long outdated doubts and despair."
- B K S Iyengarinspiring , spiritual , B K S Iyengar , despair , doubts , life , mind , negative-thinking , overthinking , stop-thinking
"It is that in which thoughts appear and disappear. It is 'behind' thought"
- Jean Kleinspiritual , Jean Klein , be-the-witness , no-thoughts , self-realization , who-am-i
"Happiness is inherent in man and is not due to external causes"
- Ramana Maharshiinspiring , spiritual , Ramana Maharshi , happiness , joy , materialism , within-yourself
"The three states (waking, dream and sleep) owe their existence to non-inquiry and inquiry puts an end to them"
- Ramana Maharshispiritual , Ramana Maharshi , advaita-vedanta , awakening , dream-sleep , illusion , self-inquiry
"As your breath slows and deepens, the mind is returned to silence while the heart is permitted to open"
- Matt Kahnspiritual , Matt Kahn , breathe , empty-mind , heart , meditation , silence , slow-down
"I've begun to realize that you can listen to silence and learn from it. It has a quality and a dimension all its own."
- Chaim Potokinspiring , spiritual , Chaim Potok , guidance , listening , quietness , silence , spirit-guides
"The body is neither yours, nor mine, nor anybody's. These bodies are coming and going by the laws of nature, but we are free, standing as witness."
- Swami Vivekanandaspiritual , Swami Vivekananda , be-the-witness , body , detachment , karma , liberation , maya , neti-neti
"Nothing really matters to me"
- Queenspiritual , Queen , detachment , emptiness , letting-go , neti-neti , non-duality , songs-lyrics
"The mind, turned outwards, results in thoughts and objects. Turned inwards, it becomes itself the Self."
- Ramana Maharshispiritual , Ramana Maharshi , self , self-inquiry , self-realization , who-am-i
"Realize that the body appears in you, in awareness, and that you are not lost in the body."
- Jean Kleinspiritual , Jean Klein , awareness , body , broader-perspective , illusion , self-realization
"You can choose to be free, but it's last decision you'll ever make."
- Franz Kafka
"The silence sings. It is musical."
- Henry David Thoreau
"Descending from the head to the heart, is the beginning of spiritual sadhana."
- Ramana Maharshispiritual , Ramana Maharshi , awareness , ego , empty-mind , heart , no-thoughts
"When I look inside and see that I am nothing, that is wisdom. When I look outside and see that I am everything, that is love. And between these two, my life flows."
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , emptiness , inner-being , life , unconditional-love , we-are-all-one , who-am-i , wisdom