An intricately carved sculpture of the goddess Mohini — a feminine avatar of Vishnu, at the Chennakeshava Temple of Belur, Karnataka, India, 12th century.
“This notion that we must wait and wait while we slowly progress out of enslavement into liberation, out of ignorance into knowledge, out of the present limitations into a future union with the Divine, is only true if we let it be so. But we need not. We can shift our identification from the ego to the Overself in our habitual thinking, in our daily reactions and attitudes, in our response to events and the world. We have thought our way into this unsatisfactory state; we can unthink our way out of it. By incessantly remembering what we really are, here and now at this very moment, we set ourselves free. Why wait for what already is?”
🕉 Our minds are full of desires which cause us to experience a lot of suffering. But most of these desires are unnecessary, meaning that we are also suffering unnecessarily too.
🕉 The nature of the Self is Satcitanand - being, awareness and bliss. The Self does not require anything outside of itself for happiness or bliss.
🕉 Our desires for external material objects is actually causing us to suffer, and drawing us away from experiencing the inherent Bliss we have within our nature.
🕉 Learn to be content and ignore the endless desires arising in the mind. Practice meditation and yoga, sitting quietly abiding in the Self and the inner presence of God.
