Mysticism and supernaturalism are the descendants of ignorance and fear.
I agree that I know nothing. And you know nothing. So, I say, let’s figure out together – two equally conditioned pedestrians of freedom with equal potential for truth.
Consumption is not bad, but when done at excessive proportions it turns out to be not just bad, but downright deadly for the self as well as the society, as the society itself is a collective functional expression of many selves.
You are your neurons.
Give me your prejudices – give me your biases – give me your hatred – give me your conditioned soul – and I will give you a unified and humane humanity.
Shred the labels and rise as a human being – a human being of compassion, a human being of kindness, a human being with real psychological freedom.
The best way to teach the children a habit is to adopt it ourselves.
Neglect of women is the major cause for the society’s downfall.
If you are a student of science and still haven’t studied the works of Tesla, then your entire scientific education has been a waste of time. Because most of the technological wonders of 21st Century, which the modern humans are so proud of, are the product of one marvellous human mind – Nikola Tesla.
Civilized are not those who never make mistakes – civilized are those who learn from their mistakes instead of trying to justify them.
The world needs the kind of education by means of which character is formed, strength of the mind is increased and the human intellect is expanded beyond its own limits.
America is a great country, built by great people – you know what made them great – the spirit of freedom and a disregard for binding tradition.
We gain from the new science of mind not only insights into ourselves – how we perceive, learn, remember, feel, believe and act – but also a new perspective of ourselves and our fellow human beings in the context of biological evolution.
Self is an illusory by-product of the brain’s response to the environment, with the purpose of survival of life. However, within the subjective realm of the human mind, due to higher brain capacities, the self is capable of creating its own illusory purpose, in an attempt to provide meaning in life.
Where there is politics, there can never be peace, and where there is peace, there’s no need for politics.
The self, when confined into the usual wakeful state of consciousness, is human, but when enters into the transcendental state of Absolute Oneness, becomes God. Basically, the human and the God are two sides of the same coin. Or to be more specific, the human self and the God self are both creations of molecules in the human brain.
Nature doesn’t belong to us, we belong to nature.
The point is, being a Christian does not mean hating or belittling the non-Christians. Being a Muslim does not mean hating or belittling the non-Muslims. Being an Atheist does not mean hating or belittling the religious people. In a civilized society, diversity in religious orientation should be the reason for celebration, not the cause for hatred and differentiation.
Once you emerge from the state of absolute divinity, the self within you becomes Christ – it becomes Buddha – it becomes Moses – it becomes Krishna. The sage who emerges from the state of non-duality begins to perceive the self as Christ, not Christ as Christ – the self as Moses, not Moses as Moses – the self as Mohammed, not Mohammed as Mohammed – the self as Krishna, not Krishna as Krishna.
Knowing what’s moral is easy, acting on it is the difficult part.