“Without seeing the origin of light, the true form of one’s Self, the ordinary man sees by the mind different things and is deluded.”

Your duty is to be, and not to be this or that. I Am That I Am sums up the whole truth; the method is summarized in Be Still.

Call it by any name, God, Self, the Heart, or the Seat of Consciousness, it is all the same.

The greatest obstacle to enlightenment is getting past your delusion that you are not already enlightened.

The main factor in meditation is to keep the mind active in its own pursuit without taking in external impressions or thinking of other matters.

Wanting to reform the world without discovering one’s true self is like trying to cover the world with leather to avoid the pain of walking on stones and thorns. It is much simpler to wear shoes.

All bad qualities centre round the ego. When the ego is gone, Realisation results by itself. There are neither good nor bad qualities in the Self. The Self is free from all qualities. Qualities pertain to the mind only.

Without knowing the Knower, all the knowledge that one gathers cannot be valid.

The Self is the one Reality that always exists, and it is by the light of the Self that all other things are seen.

Your duty is to Be, and not to be this or that.

The Self is here and now, it is the only Reality. There is nothing else.

You do not like to suffer yourself. How can you inflict suffering on others?

The entire Universe is condensed in the body, and the entire body in the Heart. Thus the Heart is the nucleus of the whole Universe.

The normal self is the mind. The mind is with limitations. But pure Consciousness is beyond limitations, and is reached by investigation into the “I.”

Non-action is unceasing activity. The sage is characterized by eternal and intense activity. His stillness is like the apparent stillness of a fast rotating gyroscope.

For those who have obtained unobstructed knowledge of Self, the world is seen merely as a bondage causing imagination.

Nobody doubts that he exists, though he may doubt the existence of God. If he finds out the truth about himself and discovers his own source, this is all that is required.

The thing you set your mind on is the thing you ultimately become.

Next to eating good dinners, a healthy man with a benevolent turn of mind, must like, I think, to read about them.

I swear to keep the dead upon my mind, / Disdain for all time to be overglad.

There are a lot of different ways to talk about mindfulness, but what it really means is awareness.

The truth is that creative activity is one that involves the entire self – our emotions, our levels of energy, our characters, and our minds.

Mindfulness is about love and loving life. When you cultivate this love, it gives you clarity and compassion for life, and your actions happen in accordance with that.

In a basic way, acceptance is seeing clearly what’s happening and holding it with kindness. This is a radical antidote to the suffering of judging mind.

The determination in your heroic effort Will permeate your mind and heart Even after your success or failure Is long forgotten.