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Mind is the activity or creativity of awareness in which awareness itself seems to become entangled. Awareness seems to lose itself in its own creativity; it veils itself with its own activity. Meditation is the disentangling of awareness from its own activity. ~ Rupert Spira


You have to simply become aware of the movement of the mind, which begins this endless trouble. ~H. W. L. Poonja


Stay quiet and the noisy surface dialogues will cease.
Then the substratum will rise up to the top.
It is simple.
Follow this. ~ H. W. L. Poonja


Who is journeying for freedom? The one who is already free. Thoughts are impediments to seeing your own face. Don't give rise to any thought, and discover who you are.~ H. W. L. Poonja

 

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Equanimity of Mind is Yoga . ~ Krishna (BG 2:48)


Equanimous mind gives rise to a heightened awareness. - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar


“Progress is not gauged by improvement in the comfort of our situation. Progress happens when the situation is adverse and we remain normal.”
~ Swami Mukundananda


Everything will happen correctly once your mind is quiet. ~ Nisargadatta Maharaj


Never underestimate the power of inner calm. It can overcome all challenges. Trust in its strength and put it to the test. ~ Nisargadatta Maharaj

 

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A Detached observer can observe but not absorb. For a Detached person every scene of life passes by smoothly without having any impact on the state of their being. ~ Brahmakumaris


Detached observation gives us the space to discern what to let in from the outer world. ~ Brahmakumaris


It is far better to observe than to absorb every word, feeling and attitude. Observing creates an inner focus that allows us to see reality. ~ Brahmakumaris


Peace ends when you are emotionally involved in a situation. The practice of being a detached observer helps you stay stable and calm. It is the best way to approach a decision in any circumstance. ~ Brahmakumaris

 

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“Overthinking arises when you unconsciously provoke negative emotions and thoughts and avoid positive emotions and thoughts.” ~ Amit Ray


“The more we practice mindfulness the more we understand the emotional dynamics of the self and others. Mindful emotions can create a positive climate leading to better outcomes." ~ Amit Ray


Meditation is the only way you can transcend the negative thoughts, and then positive thoughts will come spontaneously & automatically. ~ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

 

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There is one thing that can erase the karma that is awareness. Knowledge. Self-awareness, if you are aware of yourself, if you are in total love, then you are free from karma. ~ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar


Awareness has the strength to dissolve and destroy any karma. ~ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar


If you just live totally, you will dissolve lots of karma. Living totally means that you experience anything that comes fully and intensely. ~ Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev


The pain-body may seem to you like a dangerous monster that you cannot bear to look at, but I assure you that it is an insubstantial phantom that cannot prevail against the power of your presence. ~ Eckhart Tolle

 

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Dharma means nature-born quality. It also means duty or religion. But it's not clear to common people what is their particular duty or dharma. Why is it not clear? Because the mind is in a restless state and can't see itself. If one is capable to make the mind calm and balanced, then dharma will shine by itself. ~ Baba Hari Dass


Everyone is born as someone with nature-born quality. The agitated state of the mind doesn't see it. The restless mind sees "this is better; now this is better" and so on. Parents guide their children when they are small; then social pressure possesses the mind in the society. But there can't be any pressure for your independent thinking .~ Baba Hari Dass

Karma Yoga - Mount Madonna Center

Questions and answers about yoga and life from historic talks with Babaji.

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When mind is still, then truth gets her chance to be heard in the purity of the silence. ~ Aurobindo


In silence lies the source of the highest inspirations. ~ Mira Alfassa


Whatever is the difficulty if we keep truly quiet the solution will come. ~ Mira Alfassa


In concentration and silence we must gather strength for the right action. ~ Mira Alfassa

 

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"There is more to life than increasing its speed." - Mahatma Gandhi.


A mind that is fast is sick. A mind that is slow is sound. A mind that is still is divine.” ~ Meher Baba


“All negative thoughts – anger, fear, passion, compulsive craving -- tend to be fast. If we could see the mind when it is caught in such thoughts, we would really see it racing.

But positive thoughts like love, patience, tenderness, compassion, and understanding are slow - not turbulent, rushing brooks of thinking, so to speak but broad rivers that are calm, clear, and deep.” ~ Eknath Easwaran


When we go slower, we are more patient and when we are more patient we have a choice in how we respond. ~ Eknath Easwaran


An unhurried mind brings the capacity to make wise choices every day - choices of how we use our time, of where we place our resources and our love. I am not just talking about avoiding the rat race, but about a life full of an artistic beauty - a life that has almost vanished from modern civilization, but is quite within the reach of everyone. ~ Eknath Easwaran


“As meditation deepens, compulsions, cravings, and fits of emotions begin to lose their power to dictate our behavior. We see clearly that choices are possible: we can say yes, or we can say no.― Eknath Easwaran

 

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Before knowing the truth if you depend on your intelligence you can be misled completely.

Intelligence that is without the spiritual insight is your own ego, is not pure intelligence, it is just your ego, which says, “This is right”, “I say”, “I believe”, “I am like this” – that is ego. After realization the truth that comes to you is the real pure truth and is not your ego. ~ Nirmala Devi


A person is wise who does not only know what is right and wrong, but also he knows very well his own power not to do something wrong. He just does not do it.

Wisdom is a complete power within ourselves by which we try nothing. It just spontaneously works through us and we do things which are proper and right.~ Nirmala Devi


Wisdom you don’t get in colleges, schools,universities, nowhere. Where do you get it, the wisdom? You get it through your spirit, which gives you a complete idea as to what is right and what is wrong. ~ Nirmala Devi