Now I will take you to the most wonderful mental factory. It is very close to you; it is a wonder of wonders. Even a rank materialist, if he is very sincere, will be turned into a perfect theist, instantly, if he closes his eyes for a moment and seriou…
Daily Inspirations
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The great saintly poet, Subramuniya Bharati, once said, “Come on, all you people. Let us build a temple. All those who have plenty of money, bring heaps of dollars. Heaps of gold. Those who have little money, bring pennies. And those who do not even ha… |
Mind is a bundle of habits. Bad habits and prejudices, hidden in one’s nature, will be brought to the surface of the mind when the opportunity comes. If you change the habits you can also change your character. You sow a habit and reap a character. You… |
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If everything that comes from outside—money, friends, family, name, fame—were going to make you happy, there wouldn’t be any need for churches, synagogues, spiritual centers or religions. Nobody would need to read the Bible. Why? You would be happy wit… |
The mental processes are not limited to the field of consciousness alone. The field of subconscious mentation is of a much greater extent than that of conscious mentation. Messages when ready, come out like a flash from the subconscious mind to the sur… |
It’s not possible to give a common answer for all the different kinds of fears. But the basic reason for fear is the lack of knowledge of our true Self, which is imperishable, immortal. If that is realized, there is no fear of death. And once you get o… |
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An experience in the sense plane sinks into the depths of the subconscious mind. There it becomes a samskara (an impression). The impression of an experience is formed, in the citta, (subconscious mind), at the very moment that the mind experiences it.… |
All the thoughts that the entire world is thinking and will think and has thought before are already in the cosmic mind. They are there waiting for you to draw upon. By thinking of something, you literally become a sort of receiving set. All of the… |
Experience is never possible without consciousness. Anything that is eternal must be infinite and unlimited. Consciousness is unlimited; the consciousness of limitation shows that consciousness is greater than limitation. Perfection is the attainment o… |
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You all want to fly high. You want independence, liberty, happiness, but you don’t want to do anything to get it. At least on a day like this you should reaffirm your interest in your practices and know that nobody has ever achieved anything without pr… |
The mind stuff is citta. It is a mental substance. Vrtti or thought-wave is a modification of the mind-stuff. It is a process. Just as waves and bubbles arise from the surface of the ocean. so also these vrttis arise on the surface of the mind-ocean. J… |
In a way the founding fathers wanted the entire America to be a Yogaville. That’s what their intention was. And of course the founding fathers here wanted that. The founding sages and saints of all the great religions wanted this kind of freedom and in… |
