The path of Yoga is not as simple as it seems. The path of Yoga, Vivekananda said, is the path of heroes, the path of the warrior. There has to be determination. Krishna said, “There are a few types of people that want to reach me: the one that wants worldly gain, the one that […]
We cannot exist on beliefs
If we do not pursue the things in life for which we have a real need, then we are wasting a very valuable life. When you are immersed in worldly ambitions, in the mundane, material things of life, I would never advocate that you throw them away. No—keep them, but let the mental attitude take […]
Service as an Offering
If the service is done as an offering then praise or blame will not affect you at all because you find the inner joy of serving.
Oneness of observation
There is nothing on earth that can give you happiness: it can only give you temporary pleasure. Anything which is complete can never be dual. Completeness itself is oneness. All existence is composed of that oneness and that oneness can be called Divinity. It is only one. All the differences we see are just name […]
Beyond the Laws of Opposites
We must go beyond the laws of opposites, or duality . . . pleasure and pain, sweet and bitter. When we start going beyond those laws of opposites we find the aim and need of all existence, the point where everything just becomes one. When that oneness is there who can hate whom? How can […]
I am the master of my destiny
In mundane and materialistic ambitions, we just need to infuse the spiritual quality and a mundane ambition becomes a spiritual ambition. That is how we reach the kingdom of God which is within. If a person speaks of “me and mine” and “you and yours” it is because he finds a separation between me and […]
End of evolution
In this evolutionary process, we do not travel a distance. The little atomic particles that compose our system are traveling and in a state of flux. The changing self that forever has to keep on changing travels within the framework of the mind in time and space. But that which is changeless travels nowhere. It […]