When there are thoughts, it is distraction: when there are no thoughts, it is meditation.
Nearly all mankind is more or less unhappy because nearly all do not know the true Self. Real happiness abides in Self-knowledge alone. All else is fleeting. To know one’s Self is to be blissful always.
Grace is always present. You imagine it as something high in the sky, far away, something that has to descend. It is really inside you, in your heart. When the mind rests in its source, grace rushes forth, sprouting as from a spring within you.
Mind is a wonderful force inherent in the Self.
Surrender is to give oneself up to the original cause of one’s being.
The inquiry “who am I” turns the mind inward and makes it calm.
The deeply learned ones know the mind as the directly expressed meaning of the supreme knowledge. The heart is the meaning aimed at. The Supreme is none other than the heart.
Grace is within you. If it were external, it would be useless.
This perception of division between the seer and the object that is seen, is situated in the mind. For those remaining in the heart, the seer becomes one with the sight.
There is neither creation nor destruction, neither destiny nor free will, neither path nor achievement. This is the final truth.
When one makes the mind stick to one thought, the mind becomes rock-steady and the energy is conserved.
Engage yourself in the living present. The future will take care of itself.
Discover your undying Self and be immortal and happy.
Knowing the Self, God is known.
Turn the mind inward and cease thinking of yourself as the body; thereby you will come to know that the self is ever happy. Neither grief nor misery is experienced in this state.
Love is verily the heart of all religions.
If you approach the ocean with a cup, you can only take away a cupful; if you approach it with a bucket you can take away a bucketful.
The life of action need not be renounced. If you meditate for an hour or two every day you can then carry on with your duties. If you meditate in the right manner then the current of mind induced will continue to flow even in the midst of your work.
Take no notice of the ego and its activities, but see only the light behind.
We are always peace. To get rid of the idea that we are not peace is all that is required.