Wisdom of Nisargadatta Maharaj
Wisdom tells me I am nothing. Love tells me I am everything.
Between these two, my life dances.
- Nisargadatta Maharaj
Meditation
Meditation is a deliberate attempt to pierce into the higher states of consciousness and finally go beyond it. The art of meditation is the art of shifting the focus of attention to ever subtler levels, without losing one's grip on the levels left behind. In a way it is like having death under control.
One begins with the lowest levels: social circumstances, customs and habits; physical surroundings, the posture and the breathing of the body, the senses, their sensations and perceptions; the mind, its thoughts and feelings; until the entire mechanism of personality is grasped and firmly held.
The final stage of meditation is reached when the sense of identity goes beyond the 'I-am-so-and-so', beyond 'so-l-am', beyond 'I-am-the-witness-only', beyond 'there-is', beyond all ideas into the impersonally personal pure being.
But you must be energetic when you take to meditation. It is definitely not a part-time occupation. Limit your interests and activities to what is needed for you and your dependents' barest needs. Save all your energies and time for breaking the wall your mind had built around you. Believe me, you will not regret.
Living in silence
Unselfish work leads to silence, for when you work selflessly, you don't need to ask for help. Indifferent to results, you are willing to work with the most inadequate means. You do not care to be much gifted and well equipped. Nor do you ask for recognition and assistance. You just do what needs to be done, leaving success and failure to the unknown. For everything is caused by innumerable factors, of which your personal endeavor is but one. Yet such is the magic of man's mind and heart that the most improbable happens when human will and love pull together
Quotes by Swami Chinmayananda
* What you have is His gift to you; what you do with it is your gift to Him.
* The glory of man is not in 'never falling' but in rising each time he falls
* The sun can illumine dirt and filth as well as beautiful, dancing flowers. The sunlight does not become fragrant, nor does it become dirty. Similarly, you, the light of Consciousness, are not contaminated by anything that happens in the world.
Quotes by Swami Tejomayananda
* If we want to realize our dreams, we have to stay awake
* Knowing how to think is more important than knowing what to think
* A narrow vision is divisive, a broad vision expansive. But a divine vision is all-inclusive
* Contentment is good, but it is not good to be content with one’s spiritual practices. We are often satisfied with our spiritual progress, but our greed for worldly possessions is insatiable; this is where contentment is a vice. We should have very few physical needs and put most of our effort into spiritual matters
Revelations by Rumi
"Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world.
Today I am wise, so I am changing myself"
- Rumi
Poems by Rumi
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There is a life force
within your soul,
Seek that life
There is a gem in the
mountain of your body
Seek that mine
Oh traveler if you
are in search of that
don't look outside,
look inside yourself
and seek That
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Your task is not to seek for love
But merely to seek & find
All the barriers within yourself
that you have built against it
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The guest house
This human is a guest house, each morning a new arrival
A joy, a depression a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor
Welcome & entertain them all
even if they are a crowd of sorrows
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably
He maybe clearing you out for
some new delight
the dark thought, the shame, the malice
meet them at the door and invite them in
Be grateful for whatever comes
for each has been sent
as a guide from the beyond.
Personal reflections
The Storm
When the world seems strange
When events go out of the norm
When our lives lose their familiar gaze
And we feel surrounded by a storm
Overpowered by uncertainty and confusion
kindling distrust, fear & insecurity
Arguments, discussions, prayers & more
solutions to combat this calamity
The world however fascinating & mightier
is still so vulnerable & shaky
And beyond the wreckage of the familiar
lies the secret of our identity
And the storm is yet another reminder to seek
That peaceful unchanging eternity
That inner bliss that was and will always be
Our only true identity & security
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Being
When in the beauty of a sunrise, you sense the watching
When in the quietness of silence, you notice the hearing
When you feel lost & yet feel your grounding
When the world seems to close in & yet you see the opening
Every morning, dazed from sleep
awakening the you & your world in the making....
Whether in the darkness of confusions scary & limiting
or in the din of noise & activity, busy & happening
or in the midst of laughter & joy, light & uplifting
Thru all your times high & low, old & new
When you keep walking thru it all with a sense of knowing
Born as you, in you
Holding you, never letting you go, nurturing
Your ultimate refuge, your sanctuary, your strength
the source of all your loving
Your solace, your truest voice
the end of your seeking
In this world of manifold versions
your constant, unadulterated being....
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