
Osho on Meditation ~ The Top Down Meditation Approach – Simply Non – Doing
That’s the whole secret of meditation, that you become the watcher. Doing continues on its own level, there is no problem: chopping wood, drawing water from the well. You can do all small and big things; only one thing is not allowed and that is, your centering should not be lost.
Knowing and loving the ~ Energy Body ~ Select quotes from Jane Klein
We must look at our body completely objectively, as we look at a tree or a table or any object which does not have a strong psychological impact on us. We will then feel, without comment, the weight, contraction, agitation, and so on. We accept the facts without psychological: interference. In accepting the sensation of…
Vijnana Bhairava Tantra on focusing awareness between breaths
Oh Bhairavi, by focusing one’s awareness on the two voids (at the end) of the internal and external breath, thereby the glorious form of Bhairava is revealed through Bhairavi. ~ Vijnana Bhairava Tantra
Our essential nature is 🌺pure consciousness. It Just Is ~ Billy Doyle
There are no steps to self realization ~ Nisargadatta Maharaj
The life I am trying to grasp is the ME that is trying to grasp it ~ RD Laing
There are no steps to self realization ~ Nisargadatta Maharaj
There are no steps to self realization ~ Nisargadatta Maharaj
There are no steps to self realization ~ Nisargadatta Maharaj
Ego ~ Francis Lucille
Only the ego wants to get rid of the ego – Francis Lucille
Hills are divine ~ Francis Lucille
We cannot see how divine the hills and mountains are, so we want an angel with wings on top of them – Francis Lucille
Outposts of the mind ~ Francis Lucille
When we have reached the outposts of the mind, We have ready for the journey to the heart. – Francis Lucille
We are the universe ~ Francis Lucille
We are one huge universe speaking and listening to itself – Francis Lucille
Joy ~ Francis Lucille
Joy knows itself, as a child we didn’t know the word joy, we were joy – Francis Lucille
You are which that never moves ~ Ramana Maharshi
“Your hands may do the work but your mind can remain still.” “You are which that never moves.” – Ramana Maharshi
Self is beyond ~ Ramana Maharshi
“The absence of thought does not mean a blank. there must be one to know the blank. knowledge and ignorance are of the mind; they are born of duality. but the self is beyond knowledge and ignorance. it is light itself.” – Ramana Maharshi
Mind covers up reality ~ Nisargadatta Maharaj
“The mind covers up reality, without knowing it. To know the nature of the mind, you need intelligence, the capacity to look at the mind in silent and dispassionate awareness.” – Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Essence of Vedanta ~ Swami Vikekananda
“The essence of Vedanta is that there is but one being and that every soul is that being in full, not a part of that being” – Swami Vivekananda.
All events happen in awareness ~ Jean Klein
“There is no more Identification with time and space, body sensors, and mind. All events happen in awareness.” – Jean Klein
Art arises from consciousness ~ Jean Klein
“A work of art always arises from the background: Consciousness. Be it music, painting, architecture, poetry or sculpture, It is always seen by the artist in an instant, like a flash of lightening, as it surges forth from deep within him.” – Jean Klein
Presence of stillness ~ Jean Klein
It is like being in the desert. First, you have to listen to the absence of the sound and call it silence. then suddenly you may be taken by the presence of stillness where you are one with listening to itself. – Jean Klein
Memory ~ Jean Klein
“Ego is nothing more than an Image held together by a memory” – Jean Klein
Root of all desires ~ Jean Klein
“The root of all desires is the one desire: to come home, to be at peace.” ― Jean Klein
Trust the infinite ~ Billy Doyle
“There comes a time, when you have to let go all the words, all the teaching and trust the infinite.” ― Billy Doyle, The Mirage of Separation
Follow Silence ~ Jean klein
“Go deeply into the urge to be silent and not the mental interference of how, where and when. If you follow silence to its source you can be taken by it in a moment.” ― Jean Klein, Who Am I?: The Sacred Quest
Importance of understanding ~ Jean Klien
“What is important is neither pleasure nor pain, success nor failure, what is important is to understand that neither of them have any importance whatsoever. This understanding calls for peace, calm and serenity.” ― Jean Klein, Be Who You Are
Openness is the nature of life ~ Jean Klein
“Welcoming, openness, is the nature of life.” – Jean Klein, I am
Jean Klein ~ The man and his teachings
“I was waiting for one afternoon for a train. The platform was deserted and the landscape sleepy. It was silent. The train was late, and I was very relaxed and free of all thinking. Suddenly a cock crowed and its unusual sound made me aware of my silence. It was not the objective silence I…
Who am I? What is my real nature? – Billy Doyle
When you begin to understand that the mind cannot understand, at that moment innocence arises, you come to the feeling ‘I don’t know’, ‘I don’t know’. In not knowing I would say, you become open, you become available, you become available for that you cannot think that is beyond the mind, but that which is…
Ramana Maharshi ~ The Sage of Arunachala
The Upadesa given by Ramana Maharshi was secret in a sense. Although questions were asked to him and he answered them in public. his guidance to each of his disciples was direct and adapted to the latter’s character. He believed that the spiritual instructions must be provided to the people to uplift them.