Sri Dattatreya

A yogi has no particular path,

He simply renounces "imagining" things, His mind then ceases out of its own accord, And "the perfect state" naturally occurs.

Stanislav Grof

 

A deep mystical experience tends to dissolve the boundaries between religions and reveals deep connections between them, while the dogmatism of organized religions tends to emphasize differences between various creeds and engenders antagonism and hostility.

Hermann Hesse (Siddhartha)

“He already understood how to speak the “Om” silently, that word of words, how to speak it silently in his inner being as he inhaled, how to pronounce it silently out of himself as he exhaled, how to do so with his whole soul while his forehead was enveloped by the radiance of the clear-thinking mind. He already understood how to recognize Atman within this inner essence of his that was indestructible and one with the universe.”

Hazrat Inayat Khan

As one rises above passion, so he begins to know what is love.

One need not fall in love, one must rise through love. Pour out floods of love, yet keeping your garment of detachment from being wet. ... To what does the love of God lead? It leads to that peace and stillness which can be seen in the life of the tree which flowers and bears fruit for others and expects no return.

Henry David Thoreau

Some of our richest days are those in which no sun shines outwardly, but so much the more a sun shines inwardly.

Mahasiddha Tilopa

"When you look into space, seeing stops.

Likewise, when mind looks at mind, the flow of thinking stops and you come to the deepest awakening.

By Robert Rabbin

 

 “Everything that lives, lives not alone, nor for itself.” –William Blake

We are each expressions of a fundamental reality, an essence that some call God, some spirit, some consciousness, some love. It doesn’t matter what you call it. It doesn’t care. It is beyond names. But it is real, and thus we all belong to the same family. My blood is the same as yours, my heart is the same as yours, my body is the same as yours. We seem to stand apart from each other, but our essence is one. We only seem to be different, but we are all parts of a whole. Naturally, whatever any one part does touches and affects the whole. If we think that we do not effect the whole, we are wrong. We can say that whatever we do to ourselves, we do to each other: each action is a stone thrown into the pond of our common existence. Within minutes, or hours, or days we will feel the ripples of our actions wash over everything. This is why we cannot war our way to peace, because the killing keeps coming back. We have to wage peace, not war. And then peace will keep coming back.

Padmā

Love’s pure Light is within us all. This Light is already mysteriously awake. This Love Awakening, once realized, shines miraculously with compassion and loving-kindness and lights the path for all others.

UPANISHADS

  The Self is hidden in the lotus of the heart. Those who see themselves in all creatures go day by day into the world of Brahman hidden in the heart. Established in peace, they rise above body-consciousness to the supreme light of the Self. Immortal, free from fear, this Self is Brahman, called the True. Beyond the mortal and the immortal, he binds both worlds together. Those who know this live day after day in heaven in this very life.

Namu Amida Butsu

A spiritual awakening is just that - an awakening. We still have to get out of bed. Some people awaken for just a moment and then doze off again. If we want to stay awake and alive, if we want the miracle of recovery to continue to unfold in our lives, we find ways to put this awakening into action. If we are not carrying the message, we go to sleep again.