Yoga Quotes
This is not the case. There is nothing that is not the Self. The Self does not have to be realized.
There has never been anything but the Self. There is no world, there is no time, there is no place, there is no condition. There is nothing and there can be nothing else.
If we really reflect and discriminate, we'll find that all things are created by our perception, that all states exist within the mind.
The whole objective universe is created, ordered, by our perception and by our sense of self.
The ego holds us to this world. The ego is the feeling that you are. But you are not, nor have you ever been, nor will you ever be.
What is self? Self is the mind viewing itself. That's all. The mind stops viewing itself and turns towards infinity. There is no self, there's only infinity.
You cannot be born and you cannot die because you don't even exist ... in the sense that you think of existence.
When we erase perception, then we erase that which perceives perception. The universe dissolves and we see that it was never real to begin with.
On the pathway of knowledge we view life as in a dream. We feel that all of this world is a dream.
We go to the cinema we see images projected on the screen - but they're not real, they're only images.
Consciousness is the screen. The images on the screen are your perceptions, the illusion that life is solid, that there is a material universe.
Answers can suit the relative mind. In the dream we can be thirsty. But upon awaking from the dream, there's no thirst.
All questions about the Self, fall away in the white light of eternity, in nirvana, because then we have awakened from the dream.
While all the things you believe and know exist in their own right, they're ways of looking at existence, but existence is infinite - it's beyond all ways of looking.
All the concepts, all knowings, all truths, all religous systems, all beliefs, fall away in the white light of eternity.
The dream appears to be real. It does really seem we are here in this world; but this is not so.
In that undifferentiated reality of the Self there is eternal bliss. All the phantoms of existence fade away.
In deep meditation, all of the things that we call life, all of the combinations of experiences, fall away.
Once we erase ourselves, then there's no eraser. There never was anyone to erase. We've awakened from the dream and the dream has faded.
Sometimes, as we practice jnana yoga, we feel that life has no meaning, no purpose. We feel that there is no reason to try, that life is empty. This is another illusion.
The illusion of purpose is to be avoided. The illuion of lack of purpose is to be avoided.
It might seem that this knowledge is cold, devoid of emotion, empty. This is another illusion.
Anything you can say, think, feel, trust or feel is untrue - is an illusion. The fact that there are these things is an illusion.
How do we find a way out? By realizing that there's no place to go, that there's no way out, that there's no way in. All that exists is the Self.
The Self is infinite. The Self is eternal. You are that Self. Beyond words, thoughts, ideas, forms and belief systems. There is nothing but the Self.
It is only when you have become that true Self consciously, when all these illusions have fallen away, that you will be perfectly free and perfectly happy.
If silence only conveys the Self, if all words and thoughts are illusions, why do we discuss it?
Certainly, you may have been hurt beofre in love, but just because you get one bad apple doesn't mean they are all bad - and you can learn from the difficult ones.
Love is a modest and immodest teacher who will bring you through the school of existence, which is the heart.
If you really love, then you're willing to step outside of your own love to do that which is right.
You can love infinity, eternity, Scotty dogs, sports, work, play, the feelings of being alive, the earth, the sky, the fire, the wind ... there's a lot you can love.