Swami Chinmayananda

 In the darkness of ignorance, we attach ourselves to the unreal and fleeting world; in the light of Knowledge, we identify ourselves with the real and permanent.

Thich Nhat Hanh

 Sometimes we believe that happiness is not possible in the here and now, that we need a few more conditions to be happy. So we run toward the future to get the conditions we think are missing. But by doing so we sacrifice the present moment; we sacrifice true life.

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

 …It has nothing to do with effort. Just turn away, look between the thoughts, rather than at the thoughts. When you happen to walk in a crowd, you do not fight every man you meet, you just find your way between. When you fight, you invite a fight. But when you do not resist, you meet no resistance. When you refuse to play the game, you are out of it.

Alan Watts

 Life is not going anywhere; there is nothing to be attained. All striving and grasping is so much smoke in the clutch of a dissolving hand.

A certain amount of doing nothing, and stopping rushing around, would cool everything.

Robert Adams

 Relax. Make your life very simple. Sit in silence, investigate. Find out who has problems. Find out who feels depressed. Find out who is not enlightened and you will laugh. For you are a radiant light in a world of darkness. You are divine. You are a wonderful being. Never criticize yourself. Never put yourself down. Think of yourself as God and act the part.

Gurumayi Chidvilasananda

 When you are unsure about the future, keep doing what is in front of you with all your heart and with love, and what is meant for you will find you.

YANG WAN LI

 

Chinmayananda

 Expose yourself to aloneness. When a person is alone, he starts thinking of higher reality; about death, life, soul, God, and the mystery of all.

Adyashanti

 The body is a sensing instrument of consciousness. Without the body and mind,the trees could not see themselves. Usually we think that we are looking at a tree, but the tree is looking at itself through us. Without this instrument, the tree does not get to see itself. We are sensing instruments of the Divine.

Sri Ramana Maharshi - Ulladu Narpadu, verse 1

 Since we know the world, we must concede for both a commom Source, single but with the power of seeming many. The picture of names and forms, the onlooker, the screen, the light that ilumines - all these are verily He.