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Mind only comes into apparent existence through the action of perception. Mind appears to exist because it perceives.
One of the traditional Tantric methods of mediation is to imagine that you are taking on the suffering of all beings.
No one's lazy. What we would call the laziest person on earth expends a tremendous amount of energy to not do things.
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.
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.
Meditation is the pathway to enlightenment. Move the ego aside and be still, open, clear, bright and fully conscious.
People will try to block you. Some will do it just for pure hostility. But most others are just afraid of themselves.
Fear can be used to get into your attention. Any way a person can get you to think of them, allows them to drain you.
Sometimes we have to be hard on ourselves. We've got to get on our case, if we are being sloppy, lazy, and indulgent.
Don't be discouraged. At times the path to truth is circuitous. The point is not to succeed, only to smile eternally.
Sri Krishna refers, of course, to this world as a joyless, transient world. Obviously, he's never been to Disneyland.
The samsara is the sense of self. I've had past experiences. I'm aware of the moment. I will have future experiences.
At the time of death we walk through a doorway and our spirit, which is very thin, slides through into another world.
Every person who sees you physically evaluates you and projects energy towards you based upon the way you've dressed.
There are no words, there's only the possibility of a moment even more incredible a little bit further down the road.
We live in an age of confusion and thirst in which the advantages of communication are greater than those of secrecy.
Finally all that is trustworthy is this immeasurable silent awareness that is the truth of who you are, that is love.
You can go your whole life and not need math or physics for a minute, but the ability to tell a joke is always handy.
If you can't trust a Methodist with absolute power to arrest people and not have to say why, then whom can you trust?
I attract a crowd, not because I'm an extrovert or I'm over the top or I'm oozing with charisma. It's because I care.
The problem is, we’re all using social networks as distribution instead of native platforms to actually tell stories.
Ohh, how clever," Aden said and clapped. "A death threat. You know what's funny? That's not even my first of the day.
God never gave man a thing to do concerning which it were irreverent to ponder how the Son of God would have done it.
The thirst for knowledge is like a piece of ass you know you shouldn't chase; in the end, you chase it just the same.
Can't get my head around sci-fi or fantasy. I'm not putting those genres down; it's just that I'm not built for them.
There is no greater method for experiencing peace of mind and happiness than to understand and meditate on Emptiness.
When a man is in love very little is enough to throw him into despair and as little to enhance his joy to the utmost.
He was one of those guys who'd pronounce I'm a hugger as he came at you, neglecting to ask if the feeling was mutual.
Much is required of those who are happy, especially if they have needed comforting in the past, and have received it.
Play stimulates the parts of the brain involved in both careful, logical reasoning and carefree, unbound exploration.
Ask people for help. You'll be all right. Don't worry. It's a great adventure, your life, and it has only just begun.
The military preferred - invariably - those who could be readily defined, assigned roles, understood, and controlled.
It can be hard to write a skillfully entertaining fiction, but a great book wants to be more, and wants more from us.
Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts.
The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown
In short, the world abounds with simple delusions which we may call "happiness", if we be but able to entertain them.
There is nothing to fear, because you cannot fail... only learn, grow and become better than you've ever been before.
False teachers invite people to come to the Master's table because of what's on it, not because they love the Master.
If our hearts are full of our own wretched "I ams" we will have no ears to hear His glorious, soul-satisfying "I Am."
In all my years of Ghost Hunting I have never been afraid, after all, a ghost is only a fellow human being in trouble
You are no more at fault for having depression than if you had asthma, diabetes, heart disease, or any other illness.
There's something luxurious about having a girl light your cigarette. In fact, I got married once on account of that.
Half the misery in the world comes of want of courage to speak and to hear the truth plainly and in a spirit of love.
I have everything I need. A square of sky, a piece of stone, a page, a pen, and memory raining down on me in sleeves.
The optimist, as you probably know, is a person who, when he wears out his shoes, just figures he's back on his feet.
Now, however, I see the folly of attempting to hitch one's wagon to a star with a harness that does not belong to it.
Of course, if 40% of women need oxytocin to progress normally, then something is wrong with the definition of normal.
If what they are saying about you is true, mend your ways. If it isn't true, forget it, and go on and serve the Lord.