"Inquire 'Where does the mind come from? Who thinks these thoughts?' Watch the thoughts, watch what they're doing to you, observe them, do not react to them, but ask, "To whom do they come," and realize they come to you. 'Who are you? Who am I?' and as you follow the I thread to its source, there will be perfect peace in your life."
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , advaita-vedanta , ego , inner-peace , sadhana , self-inquiry
"You never identify yourself with the shadow cast by your body, or with its reflection, or with the body you see in a dream or in your imagination. Therefore you should not identify yourself with this living body, either."
- Adi Shankaracharyaspiritual , Adi Shankaracharya , attachment , detachment , ego , neti-neti , self-inquiry , who-am-i
"Step into the fire of self-discovery. This fire will not burn you, it will only burn what you are not."
- Moojispiritual , Mooji , neti-neti , self-inquiry , 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
"The desire to know your own soul will end all other desires"
- Rumispiritual , Rumi , desires , self-inquiry , self-realization , soul
"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
"Anything you can know or know about, you cannot be, therefore discard it."
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , neti-neti , self-inquiry , who-am-i
"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
"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
"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
"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
"The only way is to look within"
- Papajispiritual , Papaji , inner , path , self-inquiry , within-yourself
"Find where the ego rises from and it will disappear"
- Papajispiritual , Papaji , awakening , ego , self-inquiry , who-am-i
"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
"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
"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
"When there is no 'I' there is only liberation."
- Ashtavakra Gitaspiritual , Ashtavakra Gita , advaita-vedanta , ego , liberation , neti-neti , self-inquiry , selfless , who-am-i
"Realize that who you are is not the voice- the thinker - but the one who is aware of it."
- Eckhart Tollespiritual , Eckhart Tolle , awareness , be-the-witness , introspection , neti-neti , self-inquiry , who-you-are
"When I look beyond the mind, I see the witness. Beyond the witness, there is infinite intensity of emptiness and silence."
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , awakening , be-the-witness , emptiness , infinite , self-inquiry , silence , who-am-i
"Follow the I, abide in the I and you will soon come to the conclusion, that I does not exist."
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , be-the-witness , ego , self-inquiry , self-realization , who-am-i
"Look past your thoughts, so you may drink the pure nectar of this moment."
- Rumispiritual , Rumi , broader-perspective , empty-mind , moments , no-thoughts , pure , reality , self-inquiry
"Can you remember who you were, before the world told you who you should be?"
- Charles Bukowskiinspiring , law-of-attraction , spiritual , Charles Bukowski , be-yourself , introspection , self-inquiry , who-am-i , who-you-are
"A human being has so many skins inside, covering the depths of the heart. We know so many things, but we don’t know ourselves! Why, thirty or forty skins or hides, as thick and hard as an ox’s or bear’s, cover the soul. Go into your own ground and learn to know yourself there."
- Meister Eckhartinspiring , spiritual , Meister Eckhart , be-yourself , heart , humanity , man , self-inquiry , self-image , soul , who-am-i
"Never mind the mind."
- Ramana Maharshispiritual , Ramana Maharshi , advaita-vedanta , empty-mind , neti-neti , no-thoughts , self-inquiry
"Once you free yourself from the idea, 'I am my body' and the consequences of this idea, you will awaken to your natural state of being."
- Jean Kleinspiritual , Jean Klein , awakening , inner-being , liberation , neti-neti , self-inquiry , self-realization , who-you-are
"Ground yourself, strip yourself down to blind loving silence. Stay there until you see you are gazing at the light with its own ageless eyes."
- Rumispiritual , Rumi , awakening , eyes , light , meditation , neti-neti , self-inquiry , self-realization , silence
"The reality in the back of the universe is pure awareness. It has no problems. And you are that."
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , awareness , illusion , non-physical , pure , reality , self-inquiry , source-energy , universe , well-being , who-am-i , who-you-are
"The more you remove the burden from yourself the greater will be the harmony and peace and happiness in your life. Due to the fact that this harmony and peace and happiness are your very nature."
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , emptiness , empty-mind , no-thoughts , self-inquiry , self-realization , who-you-are , within-yourself
"Be empty of worrying. Think of who created thought! Why do you stay in prison, when the door is so wide open?"
- Rumispiritual , Rumi , advaita-vedanta , awakening , empty-mind , liberation , no-thoughts , non-duality , self-inquiry , worry
"Simply work on quieting your mind. And as you unfold you will find that things are getting better for you. Life appears brighter, more harmonious, more loving. It happens by itself. You merely have to slow down your thoughts."
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , all-is-well , bliss , detachment , empty-mind , good-life , meditation , peace , quietness , self-inquiry , silence , slow-down , stillness , thought
"The single most vital step on your journey toward enlightenment is this: learn to disidentify from your mind."
- Eckhart Tollespiritual , Eckhart Tolle , awakening , detachment , empty-mind , enlightenment , self-inquiry , self-realization
"Ask yourself, 'What am I waiting for to make me happy? Why am I not happy right now?'"
- Barbara Ann Kipferinspiring , law-of-attraction , Barbara Ann Kipfer , happiness , happy , introspection , mind , self-inquiry , start-now , think
"If there's a path at all- it's emptying yourself of what you're not."
- Adyashantispiritual , Adyashanti , awakening , emptiness , empty-mind , enlightenment , path , self-inquiry , self-realization , who-am-i , who-you-are
"Do not let the mind tell you anything- good or bad."
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , emptiness , empty-mind , non-duality , self-inquiry , silence , stillness , who-am-i
"You are not your mind."
- Eckhart Tollespiritual , Eckhart Tolle , advaita-vedanta , awakening , detachment , liberation , mind , self-inquiry , self-realization , stillness , thought , who-am-i , who-you-are
"The best thing you can do, is to dive deep within yourself, and discover your true nature."
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , be-the-witness , be-yourself , inner-being , introspection , self , self-inquiry , self-realization , source-energy , who-you-are , within-yourself
"The place you are looking for is the place from which you are looking."
- Moojispiritual , Mooji , desires , home , inner , introspection , self-inquiry , within-yourself
"When we look with the ‘I’ we dream. When we look for the ‘I’ we awaken."
- Moojispiritual , Mooji , advaita-vedanta , awakening , dreams , introspection , self-inquiry , self-realization