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.
“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.”
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.
Some of our richest days are those in which no sun shines outwardly, but so much the more a sun shines inwardly.
Formerly there was a person, the 'me', who was imagined. Now, by listening to the Vedanta, that imaginary person is gone. He was only a product of imagination. 'I' and 'you' have both vanished. All of this, everything, without any doubt, is only Brahman
"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
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.
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.
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,
