Hazrat Inayat Khan

 

 "Mukti (liberation) is the ideal of life; it is the rising above the various births and deaths, rather than being involved in the eternal wheel of births and deaths, which is continually running by the ever changing battery of karma (action)."

Upanishads

 

When I heard the sound of the bell ringing,there was no bell,and there was no I -there was only the ringing.

Once you stop clinging and let things be,you’ll be free, even of birth and death. You’ll transform everything…And you’ll be at peace wherever you are.

Even as fire finds peacein its resting place without fuel,when thoughts become silencethe soul finds peace in its own source.

When the mind is silent,then it can enter into a worldwhich is far beyond the mind:the highest End. The mind should be kept in the heartas long as it has not reached the highest End.This is wisdom, and this is liberation.

nirgun john

 

My deepest wish is for you to realize the Truth of your Being. Know that the search and the one who searches are imaginary. When the mind is still, you are on the threshold. Abide there until The Only reveals and the imaginary evaporates.

The Gayatri

 

Unveil to us the face of the true Spiritual Sun, Hidden by a disc of golden light, That we may know the truth And do our whole duty As we journey to Thy Sacred Feet.      

SHRI SADGURU BHAU SAHIB MAHARAJ.

 

The main object of all religions is one and the same viz: realisation of God who is the Origin of the whole Universe. He is otherwise known as the Samadhan or the perfect Natural Happiness described above in the beginning hereof. The whole Universe depends upon Him and the life of all beings is preserved on account of Him

Ramakant Maharaj,

 

To "know  ourself in a  real  sense",  says Ramakant Maharaj,  we are to understand that all the knowledge that we have amassed since baby-hood is body-knowledge,  has come "after the spirit clicked with the body". Then came the impressions, conditioning, pressures and illusory concepts which we have pretty much  unwittingly  imbibed and  accepted over the years  without  question. These have kept us trapped in a vicious circle of body-knowledge, trapped in an illusory world.

Hadewijch "You who want knowledge..."

 

Surprisingly, none of this knowledge is ever acquired. It isn’t a new possession or experience or even a new thought. It is already here, at rest in the center of things. When it is found, it is as familiar as our bones. It is our very nature. It is already waiting. There you will find the clear mirror already waiting

Upadesa sahasri of shankara ch.14-41

 

It is not that to comprehend Brahman, we have to follow step 1,2,3 and level 1,2,3. You are Brahman already. Only thing is negate wrong and erroneous notions that I am world, that I am doer, Iam enjoyer, Iam Body, Iam mind, Iam intellect,senses ego complex. After negation of all this by viveka,vairagya, what remains is I am Brahman. Own this wisdom and enjoy the bliss infinite.

Anthony de Mello

 

"Can you describe light to people who have been sitting in darkness all their lives? Can you describe reality to someone in a dream? Understand your darkness and it will vanish; then you will know what light is.

Understand your nightmare for what it is and it will stop; then you will wake up to reality. Understand your false beliefs and they will drop; then you will know the taste of happiness."

Franklin Merrell-Wolff

 

Many aspirants, prominent among them Franklin Merrell-Wolff and Da Free John, were led to Brahmajnana (or God-realization attendant upon the spiritual energy reaching the seventh chakra) by the kundalini. Here is how Dr. Wolff described it:

The Current is clearly a subtle, fluid-like substance which brings the sense of well-being already described. Along with It, a more than earthly Joy suffuses the whole nature. To myself, I called It a Nectar. Now, I recognize It under several names. It is ... the 'Soma,' the 'Ambrosia of the Gods,' the 'Elixir of Life,' the 'Water of Life' of Jesus, and the 'Baptism of the Spirit' of St. Paul. It is more than related to Immortality; in fact it is Identical with Immortality.