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To understand music, you must listen to it. But so long as you are thinking, “I am listening to this music,” you are not listening.

Neti, Neti "The journey to enlightenment is one of subtraction, not addition. It's the stripping away of the false to reveal the true." Jed McKenna

@curiosweetie in today's time when everything is available within a second, having a control on self, setting priorities is utmost. earlier people had less exposure and filth so they slipped less. having conscience to decide right & wrong is imp & sticking to it is a thing! इंद्रियों पर काबु

Trying to anticipate the future or grasping at the past- -creates a SHADOW of Reality. Reality is always momentary. Here. Now. One who thinks all the time- has lost touch with Himself. Bring Your attention back to the sensory experience. Breathe. Be Aware of THIS What Is.

The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned. - #ParamahansaYogananda

A deep inner experience- is having periods of time without thoughts… More Innermost than this- -is the Formless Silent Awareness of a quiet or busy mind. Awareness is not a silent experience. Awareness cannot be known. To KNOW…is to BE the Awareness. Be Aware of What Is…

"Through meditation you can gradually peel off the layers of conditionings that society has placed upon you. Slowly the authentic "you" can emerge." -Osho

Dive deep into the chambers of your heart. Find out the real, infinite 'I'. Rest there peacefully forever and become identical with the Supreme Self. ~ Sri Ramana Maharshi

When one realizes God, one remains forever in bliss. One ceases to be restless in happiness or misery. Jealousy, hatred, and the rest do not remain at all. SWAMI ADBHUTANANDA

Whatever is called God or Self is because there is the beingness, the feeling that ‘I am’. That is the fundamental principle, the basis of all your knowledge, but you are identifying yourself with the body. - Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

We were talking about the various people who are working to translate the Zen books into English. Alan Watts said: "That's a waste of time, if you really understand Zen, you could use any book."

There is no investigation into the Atman. The investigation can only be into the non-self. Elimination of the non-self is alone possible. The Self, being always self evident, will shine forth of itself. Ramana Maharshi, Talk 78

A scholar tries to learn something every day; a student of Buddhism tries to unlearn something daily.

Once you have drunk from the water of unconditional love, no other well can satisfy your thirst. ~ Ram Dass

Be kind to all you meet, for everyone is fighting a hard battle. - #ParamahansaYogananda

Non-resistance, non-judgment and non-attachment are the three aspects of true freedom and enlightened living. Eckhart Tolle

Why do we educate our children? Is it to help the child to understand the whole significance of life, or merely to prepare them to earn a livelihood in a particular culture or society?

No act loses us; no violence we're subjected to destroys us; no debasement chases out the divine, and no one can take the divine from us. - Daniel Odier

@curiosweetie its the easiest way to degenerate society. no war, no attacks.

Nothing to 'know' “The mind cannot tell you what is real.” Adyashanti