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Everything that you have done has led up to what you are now. Everything you do now will lead up to what you will be.
The sights of infinity can be too strong. They can scorch the soul. It's best to take infinity on a little at a time.
There are places where it is easy to see, places of illumination, where one moves into illumined states of attention.
The samsara is the sense of self. I've had past experiences. I'm aware of the moment. I will have future experiences.
There are physical karmas. They are reactions and results from actions. But those are bound to a particular lifetime.
Their experiments caused them to destabilize the structure of the continent and thus Atlantis sank beneath the waves.
The members of the Mystery school, during the time of Atlantis, had psychically seen the subsequent ages of darkness.
At the time of death we walk through a doorway and our spirit, which is very thin, slides through into another world.
Sometimes we have to be hard on ourselves. We've got to get on our case, if we are being sloppy, lazy, and indulgent.
Sri Krishna refers, of course, to this world as a joyless, transient world. Obviously, he's never been to Disneyland.
Humility means realizing that it's fun to give everything away, particularly the things that you are most attached to.
Faithfulness, faith, all of the words that so few people live, you must live. Only then are you worthy of immortality.
Jnana yoga is a very demanding practice. It's necessary for you to become conscious of the fact that you're not human.
All the creations of God stretch out infinitely. All times, past, present and future for all beings, worlds unimagined
We see an enlightened teacher to gain a sense of humor, to learn balance and proportion and of course to learn wisdom.
The path that is followed by most persons in the beginning of their spitirual search is the path of love, bhakti yoga.
Most people suffer in love because of attachment. Attachment means we're interested in a net return on our investment.
If we give purely, it opens up a doorway in our heart and it gives us the vision to see that those we give to are God.
Many religions over the years have suggested that when a woman is menstruating, she should be avoided and not touched.
How do you know you're even here right now? Perhaps you're not. Perhaps you're far, far away and this is just a dream.
God is seen as a male whose first creation was another man, Adam, whom we are told was made in his image and likeness.
Selfless giving is friendliness. An attitude towards life, a reverence for life. It is one of the highest of all ways.
When we practice mindfulness, our nonphysical side merges with the nonphysical side of that which we are experiencing.
There is a beautiful flow to the study of Zen. If it is not making you happier, then you are not practicing correctly.
When you see someone draining you, your being naturally cuts it off. Yet many times you can be manipulated not to see.
There are ten thousand states of mind. Most people spend their entire lives confined to a few of these states of mind.
I was very immersed in the world. I'm very worldly. I love world. I was immersed in my career, in school, in teaching.
The most knowledgeable person is not necessarily the person who runs the government, nor the church, nor the business.
Life is an endless matrix of existence. And as you experience it in that pure form, that's what we call enlightenment.
The first stage of meditation is simply to ignore thought; to become conscious that there is something beyond thought.
Keep the deepest feelings of your heart to yourself. They tend to stay more pure if you do. There is a wisdom to that.
Psychic awareness leads to a true perception not only of events, but just of life itself. It is its own raison d'etre.
Other networks seek to interfere with the natural process of chaos. Enlightenment is chaos, complete beyond conception
If you're powerful enough you can even determine whom you will meet and whom you will avoid long before you meet them.
Humility has tremendous power. Think of Gandhi. That was humility in action. He changed the shape of an entire nation.
You can measure your power in your ability to stop thought. The longer you can stop thought, the more powerful you are.
Answers can suit the relative mind. In the dream we can be thirsty. But upon awaking from the dream, there's no thirst.
To think that this is the only universe, that the physical creation is all there is, these are the dogmas of our times.
In India and other places, there are people who fool themsleves. They walk around all day saying, "Who am I? Who am I?"
This is only a small part of the totality. From this island earth we see only a fragment of creation and its knowledge.
You may have had countless lives, and many more stretching before you, and what else have you got to do with your time?
Your reason is your friend. It defends the island of your awareness. But you don't want your reason to rule everything.
It's certainly easy to meditate on top of a mountain, but one should be also able to meditate in the heart of the city.
In the case of the brujos, the sorcerers in Mexico, the Spanish Conquest forced them to develop their second attention.
Taoism is the way of water. The most frequent element or symbol refered to in Lao Tzu's wrtings is the symbol of water.
I read a great deal, avoided the comapny of the children in school who seemed superfical, and fell in love with nature.
The women that I met were exceptional, extraordinary - tremendous purity, tremendous gentleness, self-giving and power.
Close the eyes, and focus on the third eye, the heart chakra, or the navel center. It is a good idea to alternate them.
When we meditate with love we go very, very high , above thought, above form. Your love will cause you to have a union.
Tantric Zen is more suited for this age that we live in. It give you rules, but in a gentle way. It's not as demanding.