- “Conflict forces us to be fully present because it shatters our ego – stripping away all hope of escape or sugar coating. It removes everything that is nonessential to our authentic being; it removes all superficial layers. Conflict is painful because it wakes us up out of our created illusions. And if we lean into it, conflict can be the catalyst to our enlightenment.” ― Alaric Hutchinson
- “Non-violence is called that when despite having the full power if someone does something to him, he does not do anything to that person.” ― Dada Bhagwan, Non-Violence: Ahimsa
- “Our reality is colored by our vibration and belief systems. In other words, the experiences we have in the world with other people are dictated by the energy we bring with us wherever we go.” ― Alaric Hutchinson, Living Peace: Essential Teachings for Enriching Life
- “In every problem, there’s a concealed solution…locking itself underneath…unlock,peruse,find and solve.” ― Michael Bassey Johnson
- “We cannot learn if we are stuck in our mind’s conditioned way of thinking. We must be open to discovering the Truth, whatever it may turn out to be. This requires a state of openness, curiosity, and sincerity, a state of pure awareness, a state of observing reality without jumping to conclusions about what reality is. This state of direct experience is known in Zen as “beginner’s mind,” and it is essential to embody this state when we want to understand our experience.” ― Joseph P. Kauffman, The Answer Is YOU: A Guide to Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Freedom
- “Life is the only thing which can never be replaced when lost.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
- “Let’s try something more challenging: for instance, being humane. Compassion is the only way to maintain peace in the world.” ― Shivanshu K. Srivastava
- “I invite each of you to let go of your fears for just one day and say YES to life… say YES to love… say YES to You! You can always go back to saying ‘no’ another day.” ― Alaric Hutchinson, Living Peace: Essential Teachings for Enriching Life
- “The worldly life is an ‘ocean’. People have drowned in it without any water in it.One can be saved if he drowns in the ocean water, but how can he be saved if he has drowned in this ocean of worldly life?” ― Dada Bhagwan, The Science Of Karma
- “Being enlightened ironically means realizing that there is no separate entity that can be enlightened or unenlightened.” ― Enza Vita
- “We’ (Gnani Purush, the enlightened one) have natural and spontaneous forgiveness; we do not have to maintain forgiveness. To maintain forgiveness requires effort. To do an effort is not (True) Knowledge. Forgiveness is a natural attribute of the ultimate state (of enlightenment). There is natural and spontaneous forgiveness (of the enlightened one) since the last two or three lives. There is pure love in natural and spontaneous forgiveness.” ― Dada Bhagwan, Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization
- Realisation is not acquisition of anything new nor is it a new faculty. It is only removal of all camouflage. Ramana Maharshi
- “We Can See The Whole World Around Us Change When We Choose To Replace Fear With Gratitude And Depression With Appreciation”.” ― Venugopal Acharya
- “The knowledge of this world is not considered knowledge, it is worldly knowledge. Scriptural knowledge is considered as instrumental knowledge. Knowledge of the ‘ultimate goal’ (to experience Pure Soul) is the (real) knowledge. Scriptures are instruments and the knowledge within the scriptures is also an instrument. Whereas, the knowledge of the Self is the ultimate goal!” ― Dada Bhagwan, Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization
- “The inability to love and receive love is a sign that a disease has broken out in the human soul.” ― Kingsley Opuwari Manuel
- “Dharma (Religion) is such a hidden thing that no one can know about it. Dharmadhyan (auspicious contemplation) does not occur by going to temple or reading books. It occurs through where the chit goes.” ― Dada Bhagwan, Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization
- “All of Nature follows perfectly geometric laws. The Ancient Egyptian, Greek, Peruvian, Mayan, and Chinese cultures were well aware of this, as Phi—known as the Golden Ratio or Golden Mean—was used in the constructions of their sculptures and architecture.” ― Joseph P. Kauffman, The Answer Is YOU: A Guide to Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Freedom
- “everyone and everything a fluid living seaUniversal Consciousness as both you and mebeing in rapturous love with all life and every personbut this wasn’t maintained and things were about to worsenego crept back in believing it was Enlightenedit turns out consciousness only temporarily heighteneda momentary samadhi can sometimes deceiveif untold by a Master because our mind is naïveask enlightenment teachers today about their ego deathdon’t even need to for their answer we can already guessare they right this moment experiencing Allness?the spiritual ego is crafty and teaches regardlesstheir words proceeding from the intellect, Power is lackinga Divine Transference is required to send the ego packingif inspiration hits by all means sharebut state your current un-State or others you’ll ensnareTrue Teachings are on a whole different levela powerful quieting effect, they silence the mentalmake no bones about it—dying to God is involvedif not ready for this step then observe truths lesser evolved” ― Jarett Sabirsh, Love All-Knowing: An Epic Spiritual Poem
- “You lose the need for memory when you spend every moment fully submitted to its realization.” ― Mike Stagnitta
- “All these beliefs around happiness are created and embedded in us from when we were young. Belief is a firmly held opinion. Beliefs are our motives in life, it’s the “why” for all we do. It is quite strong, and false beliefs are extremely dangerous.” ― Ani Kapanadze, A Missing Drop: Free Your Mind From Conditioning And Reconnect To Your Truest Self
- “Jealousy, and attempting to match others in life and stride, is self-abandonment.” ― Grace Sara, Awakening in the 21st Century: Surviving a Spiritually Dormant Society
- “Yes, I run with the hare and hunt with the hounds, I pray and I meditate as well. I just believe in the old saying “Nothing ventured, nothing gained”. Why I do this? Well, there is a deep-rooted imperfection in me which nested in my DNA and causes a linear interference that affects my consciousness. As a result I don’t feel at home at any religion and still I believe in God, the infinite energy of our creation.” ― Nynke Visser
- Within you there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself. Hermann Hesse
- “We cannot dim another person’s light without first extinguishing our own.” ― Alaric Hutchinson, Living Peace: Essential Teachings for Enriching Life
- “Your own Self-Realization is the greatest service you can render the world.” ― Ramana Maharshi
- “Only when there is dharmadhyan (absence of adverse internal state of being that hurts the self and others) in the body, there will be shukladhyan (Internal state that renders the constant awareness of ‘I am pure Soul’) in the Self (Soul).” ― Dada Bhagwan, Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization
- “That for which, you are deserving; will come before you effortlessly. Your purity is required. What is required for your purity? [The intent of] ‘May no living being in this world be hurt by me’. If anyone hurts you, it happens as per the law [nature’s law].” ― Dada Bhagwan
- “If you always attach positive emotions to the things you want, and never attach negative emotions to the things you don’t, then that which you desire most will invariably come your way.” ― Matt D. Miller
- “It is considered as artadhyan (adverse internal state that results in hurting the self) only when the mind and the Self (Soul) become engrossed with one another; and also when one does not realize that artadhyan has occurred. And if one realizes that artadhyan has occurred, then it is not called artadhyan; then it is the mind.” ― Dada Bhagwan, Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization
- “It’s all about reprogramming our minds to focus more on what brings us joy.” ― Alaric Hutchinson, Living Peace: Essential Teachings for Enriching Life