True Knowledge

You can stay with me, but you can pass out of this life without even knowing me---without knowing the "I," the big "I."

Go deep into the sadness

If some sadness arises---"oh, I feel a little sad"---go deep into the sadness, and you will see that very sadness is nothing but longing, and that very longing---the tears of longing---is nothing but love, and love is nothing but gratefulness, and gratefulness is nothing but your very Being.

jealousy

You can never feel jealous about yourself, can you? When something is not you, you feel jealous.

Nearness and Distance

Love cannot tolerate distance, and hatred cannot tolerate nearness.

Missing the Boat

Behind every misery, there is a hope. The fuel for miserable people is hope... Foreseeing happiness sometime in the future, makes one miserable right now. Having desire for some pleasure in the future, either in the world or in heaven, one misses the boat.

Disagreement

Whether you agree with me or disagree with me, what does it matter to what is? What is, is

Upanishads

Sitting close to the Master---that is "Upanishad"--- you catch on to
many things. You catch on to the inexpressible. You catch on something
that is indescribable.

Stop Resisting the Storm

The storm is also part of Nature. Stop resisting the storm. Taking it,
gulping it in its totality, going deep into it, you see, it is
nothing: "It is just created out of myself, my mind, my
consciousness."

The 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.

True Knowledge

You can stay with me, but you can pass out of this life without even
knowing me---without knowing the "I," the big "I."

The Experiencer

Self is not object of senses. Self is the experiencer of the object of senses

Tragic Cycle

When you see the beauty somewhere, when you fall in love with
something, the next impulse that comes in you is to possess it, have
it; and, when you have it, it looses all its significance.

Bubbles on the surface of the infinite

Rise above the dualities, the opposites. See this whole world as the
bubbles on the surface of water. See people as bubbles on the surface
of the Brahman, of the Infinity...Water bubbles up, rises up. Like
that, everybody is rising and having their own games and plays and
dissolving back into the Infinite.

Hope for every soul

There is hope for every soul, for every human being, to live
unconditional love. That is why human body is so precious---because in
this body you have the ability to erase all the unwanted negative
impressions.

Take life as a play

Take life not serious. If you take life very serious, then you are bound to be disturbed. The only way you can maintain your equanimity is to take it as a play, as a game, and not take anything too serious.

Slaps in life

In life, any time you become stiff---and there you get a slap! Become soft; smile there. Any stiffness, life just smoothens it out, evens it out, in you.

Eliminating Doubt

Doubt is that state of mind where it is not fully alive. Answers cannot satisfy doubt. Hearing, seeing cannot eliminate doubt. Only prana can eliminate doubt.

Sacred Secret

Sacredness is the secret of the universe. In the womb of sacredness, creation happens. Consciousness is sacred.

Knowing it all.

People think---without knowing---that they know. That is a great danger... A a few books they would have studied, and a few practices they might have made. They might have met a few people here and there, may have met a few saints, too. But then they start thinking they know it all, they have it all. And they start arguing, quoting the scriptures and arguing. Love cannot blossom in such a situation.

One Whole

The entire universe is one whole; and, when someone drops their holding onto limited boundaries, then what they gain is the entire universe.

What is holding you back

Drop all those divisions (of the mind), altogether. This is what is holding you back from enlightenment. This is what is holding you back from your very nature. Drop those right now.

All Knowledge

In your very nature, in the depth of your mind, there is omnipresence, omnipotence, omniscience. All knowledge is already in the depth of your consciousness, of your mind.

Relax, Be Peaceful

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.

False Promises

The mind has promised you heaven, but it is taking you to hell. You have been chasing the mind; you're trodding behind it. It increases the hunger and thirst in you by giving a little glimpse of joy here and there.

Anything but present

Man finds comfort in the past or in the future, never looks into the present. It has been an old habit, very old habit, of the human mind. Either it glorifies the past and relishes itself in the memory of past, or it builds castles in dreams, in clouds, for the future.

Conditional Love

We try to hold on to people. Even when we love, we love with a condition: "See, I love you, so in return you must love me."

After Sudarshan Kriya Yoga

After kriya (yoga), many people feel so pure and so clear, so complete, because the consciousness, which was stuck in the matter, material, which is foreign to itself, got released from that and came back to its home. That is the sense of purity, feeling of purity.

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.

What is Love

Love is that phenomenon of dissolving, disappearing, merging, becoming one with. Love is that phenomenon of total letting go.

Effect of 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.

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.

Seer, Seen and the Process of seeing.

The seers, the seen, and the process of seeing all merge. The knowledge, the knower, and the known, they all merge, become one---that is Divine Love.

How to enjoy

We want to enjoy, but we do not even know how to enjoy. This is the whole problem. There is a way to enjoy, also. The rishis are not against anyone living in the world.

Too much austerity

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

Mysteries

This world is a mystery. Love is a mystery. Life is a mystery. Your sleep is a mystery. And mystery transcends reasoning.

Unseen Hand

How can we not see this? That everything in the body is happening by itself. Everything in creation is happening by itself. The flowers are blossoming, the leaves are becoming green, the petals are becoming yellow, the sun is rising, setting---how could one be so blind not to see an "unseen hand" behind this whole creation?

The unseen hand

How can we not see this? That everything in the body is happening by itself. Everything in creation is happening by itself. The flowers are blossoming, the leaves are becoming green, the petals are becoming yellow, the sun is rising, setting---how could one be so blind not to see an "unseen hand" behind this whole creation?

Transforming pain

When you are unhappy, some tightness happens in your body, observe the
intensity of that sensation. That very thing which was so unhappy, sad
thing, flips over and you see, "Oh. It is just tantalizing,
stimulating, some sensation." One can even laugh at that painful event