There is some power, someone who is really caring for you---not just someone: there is only One in the whole universe. That One in the Universe is caring and taking care. Relax; just be peaceful.
You are nobody
Drop this identity---that you are somebody. You are nobody. You are nothing. You are the Non-Dual.
When doubts arise
When doubts arise in you: fast, meditate, do pranayam, and do prayers, and see whether the doubt will remain.
like the ocean without waves...
That which is unmoved, like the ocean without waves, that which is free and pure, that which exists in the three periods of time---the past, present, and future---that supreme art Thou. Meditate on this and realize, right now.
Anything can change
Anything can change any time, in any manner. The whole world is the field of all probabilities, possibilities.
Nature knows best
See how many desires you have had, and how many desires were not fulfilled. And, how many desires you feel this way: when it was not fulfilled, it was good, ?It was best for me.? Don?t you see this? Some desires which were not fulfilled, it was good for you. So, Nature knows what is best for you.
detachment
Someone who does not have any responsibility can feel very detached: "Oh, I have nothing to do. I am free." But that freedom has no value.
Beyond birth and death
There is something in you that is beyond death. And that is before birth, also.
Everything is just a thought
Wake up and realize this is all made up of thoughts, just thoughts, just thoughts. Your appreciation of beauty is a thought, your aversion to an object that is ugly is a thought. Your craving or aversion is nothing but a passing thought in the mind. Realize this is just a thought and you will be free.
different kinds of tears
Devotion is very beautiful. A student comes to a master, a teacher, a guru, with tears in his eyes, there is so much problems. And when he leaves he carries the same tears, but the quality of the tear is different; it is of gratitude. Still tears flow, but they are of gratitude, of love.
secret of the universe
Sacredness is the secret of the universe. In the womb of sacredness, creation happens. Consciousness is sacred.
unpleasant feelings
Some feeling came into you, unpleasant feeling, and you said, "Should not come, it should not come!" Doing that, you are resisting it. When you resist, it persists. Just observe. See, "Oh!" Go deep into it. Dance, stand up on your feet and dance. Be intoxicated; move intoxicated.
Dreams of Pleasure
Every pleasure has been so momentary, has left your hand empty, depleted, drained. And every pleasure has brought you more depression, sorrow, pulled you down. But yet there is a hope of some pleasure, some unknown, unseen pleasure. Dreaming of a pleasure---that makes you weak, that holds you back.
when you let go
Regret piles up and piles up and it becomes so big---and you blow up. Do you see this happening to you? When you let go, your mind can be in the present moment, more and more and more and more. You are able to smile and laugh from the depth of your heart. Life becomes more light and easy.
partial knowledge
Shadows appear very big, much bigger than you, but they have no existence. Smaller the light, bigger the shadow appears. If it is total darkness, then also there is no shadow. So partial knowledge, a partial light, partial vision, brings the shadow. And it makes the shadow appear very huge, very big. But know it is just a shadow.
levels of beauty
Beauty has three levels: indication, expression, and exposure. Spirituality indicates, art expresses, and science exposes.
love and faith
Love transcends logic. Love depends on faith. You cannot say, "I have a lot of love, but I have no faith." It is impossible. Love carries along with it, faith. And Divine Love [carries] infinite faith.
jealousy
You can never feel jealous about yourself, can you? When something is not you, you feel jealous.
serenity
Repose in that peaceful, cool, calm, serene, depth of your Being. You know, this is something immensely valuable and precious.
Be passionate for the highest
If you are passionate, be passionate for the highest, the most wonderful, the most beautiful. Be passionate for this entire creation-everything is so beautiful
avoiding bondage
You reject something, but if you reject it without anger it is not bondage; if you reject something with anger, then that is bondage. You receive some, and when you receive: "Oh, oh, oh!" you are excited about it, then that is bondage. Whatever is done with anger or excitement makes a strong impression in the mind and that becomes a bondage.
only by Grace
In the presence of the enlightened, something can happen. It triggers, the very presence triggers, and your heart starts blossoming. One experiences a depth of love. And even this you get only by a little grace from the Divine.
Giving
When you give things to people, it brings back something to you---that is some good vibrations. And that makes you happy. If you are very unhappy, and that day you give something, give some gifts to somebody who is needy, you will see your consciousness will change, shift.
Seeing God
The future is very comfortable. Glorifying the past is very comfortable. Seeing God now, here, is difficult. Seeing God in yourself is even more difficult
You think you know
You think you know the world and "This is it." That is the biggest problem. This is not just one world; there are many layers in this world.
mysteries of the world
The mysteries of this world can never be fully unfolded. The more you unfold it, the more mysterious it becomes. And that is why it is beautiful.
have an inner connection with the Divine
Guru is inside you. Have an inner union with the guru. Inside, be with the guru. Krishna is inside you; God, the Divine is inside you---have an inner connection with the Divine.
One Pointedness
To achieve anything in the world your mind has to be one-pointed; the mind gets into some restlessness to achieve things. But to attain your Self Realization, your *heart* has to be one-pointed.
Offering
Oh Lord, this whole universe is Yours. This body is Yours. This mind is Yours. The mind with all its conflict is also Yours. The mind with all its beauty is Yours---this offering itself is a technique that brings you back home.
doing the practice
Just like you learn to speak a language. Just like you learn to punch on the computer. Just like you learn to drive a car or a plane, you have to learn to drive back to the Self. This is the saadhana, this is the practice---is something that comes to you not just by nature, but by your effort.
No difference
A servant is the Master. One who is a servant can only be a Master. And the Master is the servant. There is no difference.
sign of unity
Sign of uniting, or sign of yoga, is coming to your self, your mind settling into your being, your source, with your original nature.
Aversions
Your taste is nothing that cannot be changed. Your aversions are that which bind you, which robs the freedom from you. Stand back and look at them.
wash your mind
Your clean your windows, you clean your tables, you wash your clothes, but you forget to wash this mind.
surrender and freedom
There is no freedom at all without surrender, and when I surrender I get infinite freedom. The greater my surrender is, the greater my freedom, that much the load is taken off of me.
one pointedness
To achieve anything in the world your mind has to be one-pointed; the mind gets into some restlessness to achieve things. But to attain your Self Realization, your *heart* has to be one-pointed.
look into the vastness
Our head is stuck inside a drum, and we think that is the sky. It is so little, our universe. Take your head; lift up---look into that vastness of the creation.
attend to the source
When the Source is attended to, all your other abilities flower automatically, spontaneously.
Duties
Don?t think, ?I have lots of duties. How will I fulfill my duties!? See, the moment you think something is your duty, there is no beauty in it. Duty, responsibility, becomes a burden, it becomes a bondage on your head. Love the job that you are doing.
finite and infinite
The human nervous system is so designed that it can exhibit the totality of consciousness. Living in a finite body and expressing infinity is the possibility of human life.
Strength is wakefulness
The more you are loaded with desires, the poorer you are, the weaker you are. Strength is wakefulness, and in wakefulness there is no desire. Remember this.
who cares?
Who is worried about your status? Nobody. If someone looks at your status, they feel jealousy. Why do you create more jealousy in other people
being useful
If you are useful, then people will use you. But this fear is in us: "Oh, everybody is trying to use me. Everbody is trying to exploit me."
pleasure and pain
Whichever object is giving you pleasure, the same object will give you misery---the same thing will give you misery, pain. Like, apple pie is giving you joy, go on eating apple pie, and it will give you a stomach ache and what not.
whatever you desire
If you look to God, pray to God, with a full heart, dropping sorrow (What is sorrow! Huh? Hanging on to the past.) then whatever you desire will all be given to you.
Dreams of Pleasure
Every pleasure has been so momentary, has left your hand empty, depleted, drained. And every pleasure has brought you more depression, sorrow, pulled you down. But yet there is a hope of some pleasure, some unknown, unseen pleasure. Dreaming of a pleasure---that makes you weak, that holds you back.
avoiding bondage
You reject something, but if you reject it without anger it is not bondage; if you reject something with anger, then that is bondage. You receive some, and when you receive: "Oh, oh, oh!" you are excited about it, then that is bondage. Whatever is done with anger or excitement makes a strong impression in the mind and that becomes a bondage.
everyday miracles
With even an iota of faith, you will see many things happen in life. Every moment, every step, every day is a day of some miracle, a day of some wonder, something new, something beautiful.
mysteries of the world
The mysteries of this world can never be fully unfolded. The more you unfold it, the more mysterious it becomes. And that is why it is beautiful.
Temporary Flow
When you see this whole flow of events as temporary, as nonexistent, then, even when someone scolds at you, you smile.
like a child
When you are established in your Self, you are not holding on to concepts. You are loose, free, easy, and open---just like a child.
Not yourself
Life is found to be caught up in storms so very often, and you are not yourself when you are in a storm.
Anger is about the past
Anger is meaningless, because it is always about something that has already passed.
Ego and Divine Love
As long as there is ego, there is no divine love; and when there is Divine Love, the ego ? there is no sign of it.
Seva ( service )
Seva is just an expression for our inner love. The love in us blossoms and it has to flow out and express itself. Otherwise it is suffocating inside.
flash of surrender
Sometimes on a dark night if there is lightning, that second you see the whole town. Everything becomes visible, even for a few moments. Like that, surrender happens in deep meditation.
Priorities
The glory of the Divine is all-pervading. You only need an eye to see it. But our eyes are stuck on other things, other attractions. If you are stuck with something else, you cannot reach up to the Self.
Dear to God
God is all over. God is in the stone. God is in the flowers. God is in the garbage can. God is all over, but devotee is not all over. So God runs behind His devotees. To God, devotees are very dear, so dear.
Erased Karmas
Even in (Sudarshan) Kriya, when you do Kriya, at the end of the Kriya you get a glimpse of samadhi, for a few seconds, even. Sometimes you are aware, sometimes you are not aware of it. And at this moment all the "karmas," the latent impressions in the mind---they all get burned down and erased.
No going back
For every step, the previous phase has to be disolved. One phase disolves to give space for another, and it is always evolutionary. So there is no reverting back, no reversing---it is evolutionary. It can stop for a while, but then it continues.
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