“The highest function of the intelligence, according to the Upanishads is to realise its limitations and when it realises its limitations it just keeps quiet. It knows, ‘I’m very useful in this and ...”
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“Most of the activities of the world that we perform, based on the assumption that we are the body, bind us down to the earth. Karma Yoga is the theory or teaching which says, that if you can act kn...”
“If one understands that one is not the body but the inner self which is consciousness, then one begins to understand how to deal with sorrow. But unless and until some kind of sorrow comes, one doe...”
“Suppose I decide that the sorrow and the problems of the world are too much for me, and I run away to the Himalayas or somewhere else, I still can’t run away from my mind. I can physically run away...”
“Every practitioner of spiritual exercise should keep in mind -that when you practice and go deeper and deeper, all the tendencies that have been hidden in your subconscious mind till now-bottled up...”
“Shivarathri, traditionally, is supposed to be the day when Samudra Manthan was done and the poison came out. You know that story of the churning of the ocean-the Manthan- and when the churning took...”
“When the mind churns in meditation which means, when you delve deeper and deeper into the layers of your mind, the first thing that comes out is not Amrit. The first thing that comes out is poison ...”
“They say Adinath dances his Tandav Nritya. When he dances his Tandav Nritya, he destroys images. He explodes all the images that we have created and nothing new can come up. Like death destroys the...”
“True consciousness means to go beyond all images – not images that you see around you – but the images that we build up in our minds and the Tandav nritya is a beautiful expression of the breaking ...”
“Look inside our minds and we will see that we have hundreds of images and it is because of these images that we get hurt, our ego goes up, we have all the problems, everything! I believe that I am ...”
“The Tandav Nritya of Shiva is meant to free you from all conditioning, all images, all attractions and repulsions that keep you rooted to the understanding that you are an individual different, and...”
“Kundalini is considered by the tantras as the manifestation in the human being of the infinite supreme energy. This energy called Parashakthi or Bhavani is said to reside in potent form, not kineti...”
“Every one of us, although we say we are looking for this or that, is looking for philosophy or welfare. What we are really looking for is happiness.”
“Sit down and meditate in your heart center and whenever such thoughts come, which are not related to the inner, try to keep them away. There are other thoughts which can take you to the spiritual. ...”
“It is by itself a contradiction for the limited to seek the unlimited. When the limited understands its limitations; that is intelligence. That’s all, it need not be intellect. When the limited und...”