Getting Stuck

For a few moments in our life, we become intense, we become 100%. Our mind, consciousness, becomes like one integrated glow. And these moments are very precious things.

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.

Proof

Truth cannot be understood through proof. Anything that can be proven can be disproven also. Truth is beyond proof or disproof.

Looking for Proof

Constantly you are looking for proof of something. This is one mode of activity. Yoga is when you drop this. Then alone you can abide in the Self.

Observation is the Key

Craving never dies by experience---craving or aversion goes only through observation

A mind without agitation

A mind without agitation is meditation

The level of words

Much is done in silence. If the communication is just on the level of words, many questions will come, and answers are given, and many more questions will come, and more answers will come, and many questions---it is an endless exercise.

Too much austerity

What comes out of too much austerity is a big ego.

Craving

Why are you sad? Why are you sorrowful? It?s because of your craving. You?re holding on to the past. The sadness is a memory of the past; a memory of craving from the past creates sadness now."

Everything is being

Everything is Being. You are everything, and you are nothing

Power of Existence

Words cannot capture existence, but silence can

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.

Space for Attraction

Give some space for attraction. When attraction dies out, you will feel love has also died. A space is needed for attraction. And that attraction matures and becomes love; and the love matures and becomes devotion.

Servant is the Master

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.

The Joy of Self

All the enlightened masters have declared: the joy Self -- uniting with the self -- is a hundred times more than any other joy

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

The Source of Life

When we get in touch with the source of life, then all of other tensions, worries which have been clouding this manifestation, fall off and we can sing, dance, and be happy. Life can become very intense, intense in the sense of being joyful.

Change

Feelings change, thoughts change, ideas change, body is undergoing changes all the time, but the thirst deep within us is for something that is not changing, that is eternal, that is always, that is the same

Satvic Pleasure

That pleasure which comes after a certain discipline, is really satvic pleasure, long lasting pleasure. That pleasure which is pleasurable to begin with but ends in misery, is no pleasure at all

Amusement Park

This entire creation is amazement. You are in a big amusement park.

Serenity

Repose in that peaceful, cool, calm, serene, depth of your Being. You know, this is something immensely valuable and precious.

Move to the Center

From the object move on to the Center, move on to the Experiencer of pleasure. This is the way to have a continued experience, continued joy in life.

Pleasure and Release

This entire universe is there to give you pleasure and release. Whatever gives you pleasure should also give relief. Otherwise, the very pleasure becomes pain.

shradhaa

Love can just take over you when your mind has become full of "shradhaa"---faith---when there is only "yes" in the mind, when all the thorns of "no" have been pulled out of the mind and thrown away.

Mysterious Love

When you live in Love, you become so mysterious! That is Govinda. 'Govind' means one who has hidden knowledge, or one who cannot be explained in words, is beyond the words.

Divine Love

If you want to grow in Divine Love, you have got to drop the pride and all of the artificial wall we build between ourselves and others. In the "wall" we keep judging others, and we think others are judging us.

Feverishness

The feverishness in us destroys the joy.

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

Asanas ( Yoga Postures )

Anytime you are confused, your mind is in conflict, do asanas, sit in asana. You will see, right away clarity comes. Effect of asana is clearing out of all conflicts, duality.

Open your Eyes.

Open your eyes and see. You think you are in control of a situation---what are you in control of? Where are you? Everything is happening, and you are in God. God is all that is.

That's enough.

God loves you. That is enough. And, you *are* love. That is enough!

Suffering

Suffering is a product of limited knowledge.

sensory peaks

The peak of any sensory or sensual experience takes you inward.

Desire

Desire means the present is not sufficient enough, it is not okay the way it is now, this moment. Desire means projection to the next moment. Desire simply means being unaware of the Infinity. Desire simply means you don't know yourself.

Deeper Levels of Mind

To probe into the deeper levels of the subconscious, unconscious mind, your mantra needs to be kept secret.

Mind is a flame

Mind is the flame, and it is the mind that brightens up our world. Take the mind off, your world disappears. Your world is lit and recognized and felt by the mind. And when mind becomes one whole, it is sweet, it is melody, it is beauty. If mind is divided, that is "maya," that is illusion.

committed to Truth

A person who is committed to truth---who is committed to what is, this presence of Being---for him success comes easily, follows. Not that he will not encounter failures. He may encounter failures, but he will again act.

No Rejects

A master is like an ocean. Ocean is there, readily available. It does not reject anybody.

Love Vs Cravings

When you tell somebody you love them, make sure you are not saying it out of your "vasanas," your own cravings, your own impressions, your own craving for some joy.

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

Not much different

You see violence in action, in somebody, and inside your mind you feel violent about that person. Then you are not much different from that person who is acting violent.

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