All activities and events that a body is to go through are determined at the time of conception.
Whenever a thought arises, instead of trying even a little either to follow it up or to fulfil it, it would be better to first enquire, “To whom did this thought arise?”
Call it by any name, God, Self, the Heart, or the Seat of Consciousness, it is all the same.
If one’s mind has peace, the whole world will appear peaceful.
It is within our competence to think and become bound, or to cease thinking and thus be free.
The Self is here and now, it is the only Reality. There is nothing else.
The explorers seek happiness in finding curiosities, discovering new lands and undergoing risks in adventures. They are thrilling. But where is pleasure found? Only within. Pleasure is not to be sought in the external world.
Seeing God without seeing the Self, one sees only mental image. Only he who has seen Himself has seen God, since he has lost individuality, and now sees nothing but God.
Pleasure and pain are only aspects of the mind. Our essential nature is happiness.
He that sees the Lord in the temple, the living body, by seeking Him within, can alone see Him, the Infinite, in the temple of the universe, having become the Endless Eye.
The Higher Power knows what to do and how to do it. Trust it.
Consciousness is indeed always with us. Everyone knows ‘I am!’ No one can deny his own being.
The enemy hates the ego, which the seeker wants to kill; thus, like the anvil to the goldsmith, he is actually a friend.
He who thinks he is the doer is also the sufferer.
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.
Actions themselves form no bondage. Bondage is only the false belief,“I am the do-er.”
That is the ego which rises and sinks periodically. But you exist always. That which lies beyond the ego is consciousness – the Self.
The Self is the one Reality that always exists, and it is by the light of the Self that all other things are seen.
Let knowledge be guessed by the sign of equality to all beings.
See who is in the subject. The investigation leads you to pure consciousness beyond the subject.