Would people know that nothing can happen unless the entire universe makes it happen, they would achieve much more with less expenditure of energy – Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Like everything mental, the so-called law of causation contradicts itself. No thing in existence has a particular cause; the entire universe contributes to the existence of even the smallest thing; nothing could be as it is without the universe being what it is. When the source and ground of everything is the only cause of everything, to speak of causality as a universal law is wrong. The universe is not bound by its content, because its potentialities are infinite; besides it is a manifestation, or expression of a principle fundamentally and totally free – Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
What is wrong with its seeking the pleasant and shirking the unpleasant? Between the banks of pain and pleasure the river of life flows. It is only when the mind refuses to flow with life, and gets stuck at the banks, that it becomes a problem – Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Stop imagining yourself being or doing this or that and the realisation that you are the source and heart of all will dawn upon you – Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Living from thought instead of living from Awareness is the cause of all human suffering – Michael Langford
Technically one can say that the true Self is the infinite Awareness and your background of awareness is the doorway to that infinite awareness – Michael Langford
Thoughts come and go, but the background of awareness that is aware of the thoughts is there during all the waking hours and does not come and go. The background of awareness is the true Self – Michael Langford
The reason the spiritual teachings of the past have failed to expose the tricks of the ego and to bring the ego to a final end is because the spiritual teachings of the past serve the ego – Michael Langford
The problem of the ego distorting, distracting and keeping the attention directed outward is a problem shared by all humans, whatever path they are on – Michael Langford
There is no salvation without the total renunciation of all notions or ideas or mental conditioning – The Supreme Yoga
Bad thoughts make bad dreams and good thoughts make good dreams, and if you have no thoughts you don’t dream at all – Sri Annamalai Swami
The problem of the ego distorting, distracting and keeping the attention directed outward is a problem shared by all humans, whatever path they are on. The ego’s tricks have seldom been looked at in spiritual literature – Michael Langford
The veiling effect only disappears with full experience of Reality, and the elimination of false knowledge leads to the end of suffering caused by that distraction – Sri Sankara
When someone insists he knows the truth about life, ask him why he needs to nervously insist – Vernon Howard
To be in right relationship with others means to be cosmically right within yourself, regardless of how others behave – Vernon Howard
Using others and being used by others has no place in the life of the enlightened person – Vernon Howard
There is no such thing as “I” nor “the world”. There is no mind, nor an object of knowledge, nor the world-illusion – The Supreme Yoga
The body and the mind are limited and therefore vulnerable; they need protection which gives rise to fear. As long as you identify yourself with them you are bound to suffer; realize your independence and remain happy. I tell you, this is the secret of happiness. To believe that you depend on things and people for happiness is due to ignorance of your true nature; to know that you need nothing to be happy, except Self-knowledge, is wisdom – Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Four perfections are numbered by the wise. When they are present there is success, but in their absence is failure. First is counted the discernment between things lasting and unlasting. Next Dispassion, the indifference to self-indulgence. Then the six graces, beginning with restfulness. Then longing for freedom – The Supreme Yoga
Eliminate completely your self-identification with this body, and with determination see that your mind is devoted to the removal of all ideas of additions to your true Self – The Supreme Yoga
When the mass of desires for things other than oneself, obscuring the contrary desire for one’s real Self, are eliminated by contant Self-remembrance, then it discloses itself of its own accord – Sri Sankara
There is no power greater than right action in the present. Hence, one should take recourse to self-effort – The Supreme Yoga
Bliss is possible only by Self-knowledge, not by any other means. Hence, one should apply oneself constantly to Self-knowledge – The Supreme Yoga
Consciousness alone is the heart of all beings, not the piece of flesh which people call the heart – The Supreme Yoga
When the mind gets involved in the external objective universe, it moves away from the Self – The Supreme Yoga
However heavy may be the hand of destiny, it can be lifted by patience and self-control. Integrity and purity remove the obstacles – Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
