Ram Dass

The final awakening is the embracing of the darkness into the light. That means embracing our humanity as well as our divinity. What we go from is being born into our humanity, sleep walking for a long time, until we awaken and start to taste our divinity. And then want to finally get free. We see as long as we grab at our divinity and push away our humanity we aren’t free. If you want to be free, you can’t push away anything. You have to embrace it all. It’s all God.

Prabhavananda & Manchester, p. 122

The Self resides within the lotus of

the heart. Knowing this, consecrated

to the Self, the sage enters daily

that holy sanctuary. Absorbed in

the Self, the sage is freed from

identity with the body and lives

in blissful consciousness.

Sama Veda, Chandogya

Upanishad 8.3.3-4, The Upanishads,

The 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.

Everything is temporary

 

-Ramana Maharshi

 Abide in the Self; all else is transient.

George Bernard Shaw

The Indian way of life provides the vision of the natural, real way of life. We veil ourselves with unnatural masks. On the face of India are the tender expressions which carry the mark of the Creators hand.

Erwin Schrodinger

Nirvana is a state of pure blissful knowledge.. It has nothing to do with individual. The ego or its separation is an illusion. The goal of man is to preserve his Karma and to develop it further – when man dies his karma lives and creates for itself another carrier.

Rise to the Higher Planes of Consciousness

There is an ocean of nectar within you, which you can drink just by withdrawing your consciousness inside. Burn away the world, push your way into the inner sky and recognize the palace by inner signs. Enshrine the image of the Master in your heart why degrade yourself wandering around?