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True surrender means in effect the acceptanceof the fact that there is

no individual entity withability to act independently of God or the

Self.~ Ramesh S. Balsekar, "A Net of Jewels"

 

 

Freedom means letting go.

People just do not care to let go everything.

They do not know that the finite is the price of the infinite,

as death is the price of immortality.Spiritual maturity lies in the

readiness to let go of everything. The giving up is the final step.

But,

the real giving up is in realizing that there is nothing to give up, for nothing is your own.

It is like deep sleep -

you do not give up your bed when you fall asleep -

you just forget it.~Sri Nisargadatta,

"I Am That" - Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

 

 

Until the storm of conceptual thinkingsubsides and the mind learns to

rest in afasting state, one's true nature mustremain unknown and

inaccessible.~Ramesh Balsekar, "A Net of Jewels"

 

 

We are a haystack, the wheat entangledwith the hay;Through the

reviving wind, disentanglethe wheat from the hay,Let the sorrow go to

the sorrow, the joyto the joy,Let the mud go to the mud, and the

heartrise to heaven.~Rumi, Muriel MaufroyBreathing Truth - Quotations

from Jalaluddin Rumi

 

This present Moment is Light, is Self. ThisMoment is not bondage or

freedom. It ismost precious beyond ideation. This Momentis the screen

on which all projects. It is alwaysStill and Untouched and it is out

of time.There is no difference between the Ultimateand this Presence.

To be in this momentabandon all desires, including the desire tobe in

it.~Papaji, "The Truth Is" - Sri H.W.L. Poonja

 

We think that there is something hiding ourreality and that it must be

destroyed before thereality is gained. It is ridiculous. A day will

dawnwhen you will yourself laugh at your past efforts.That which will

be on the day you laugh is alsohere and now.~Sri Ramana Maharshi, "Be

As You Are"The Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshiedited by David Godman

This world is a dream don't be deluded;if in a dream a hand is lost,

it's no harm.In dreams, no real damage is done if thebody is maimed

or torn in two hundred pieces.The Prophet said of this apparently

substantialworld that it is but the sleeper's dream.You've accepted

this as an idea, but the spiritualtraveler has beheld this truth with

an open eye.You are asleep in the daytime; don't say this isnot

sleep.- Rumi, Camille and Kabir Helminski"Rumi: Jewels of

Remembrance"

The sage has no mind of his own.He is aware of the needs of others.I

am good to people who are good.I am also good to people who are not

good.Because Virtue is goodness,I have faith in people who are

faithful.I also have faith in people who are not faithful.Because

Virture is faithfulness.The sage is shy and humble -to the world he

seems confusing.Men look to him and listen.He behaves like a little

child.~Lao-tzu, Tao Te ChingTranslation by Gia-fu Feng and Jane

English

The fundamental and unchangeable factis that there is no human being

who canperform any act on his own, any morethan can a puppet on

strings.~Ramesh S. Balsekar, "A Net of Jewels"

 

So you've cut up your hide and stretched it,pegged it down to dry with

definite,sharp-pointed desires,but have you planted any fruit treesfor

the next generation?Wisdom offered you is like a ballthrown at a

boundary post,useless as molasses fed to a tawny bullto help it give

more milk!~Lalla

 

Ascetics wander shrine to shrine,looking for what can only comefrom

visiting the soul.Study the mystery you embody.When you look up from

that,the dub grass looks freshera little ways off, and even moregreen

farther on. Stay here.~Lalla

LoveAlways,

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