It will come all right in the end. There is the steady impulse of your determination that sets you on your feet again after every downfall. Gradually all the...
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Apr 1, 2009 8:25 am
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Are you not the Self? Why trouble yourself about other things? Take the essence; reject other learned theories as useless. In what does superiority or...
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Apr 2, 2009 7:46 am
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Trust God. If you have surrendered, you must be able to abide by the will of God, and not make an issue of what may not please you. Things may turn out...
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Apr 3, 2009 8:45 am
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The inquirer is the answer and there is no other answer. What comes afresh cannot be true. What always, is true. The mind always seeks external knowledge, ...
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Apr 4, 2009 8:00 am
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The mind is only identity of the Self with the body. It is a false ego that is created; it in turn creates false phenomena and appears to move in them; all...
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Apr 5, 2009 8:08 am
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Whatever state one is in, perceptions partake of that state. The explanation is that in the waking state the gross body perceives gross forms and names; in the...
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Apr 6, 2009 8:16 am
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In deep sleep man is devoid of possessions, including his own body. Instead of being unhappy, he is quite happy. Everyone desires to sleep soundly. The...
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Apr 7, 2009 1:10 pm
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The world is not external. The impression can not have an outer origin, because the world can only be cognized by consciousness. The world does not say it...
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Apr 8, 2009 8:09 am
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Can the world exist without someone to perceive it? Which is prior? The Being-consciousness or the rising-consciousness? The Being-consciousness is always...
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Apr 9, 2009 12:18 pm
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But the mental obstacles always remain. They even increase in new surroundings. There is no help in a change of environment. The obstacle is the mind. It must...
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Apr 10, 2009 7:34 am
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Atma Dharma is inherence in the Self. There will be no distraction and no fear. Troubles arise only when there is a second to oneself. If the Atman is realized...
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Apr 11, 2009 8:43 am
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One must realize that he is not the doer, but that he is only the tool of some Higher Power. Let that Higher Power do what is inevitable and let me act only in...
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Apr 12, 2009 8:30 am
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Keep an open mind, dive within and find the Self. The truth will itself dawn upon you. .....the intellect derives light from the Self, [the Higher Power]. How...
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Apr 13, 2009 12:16 pm
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There is nothing to be gained anew. Ignorance of the Self is the cause of the present misery. Knowledge of the Self brings about happiness. Moreover, if...
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Apr 14, 2009 8:53 am
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Perfection alone is. It is infinite. There arises from it this finite consciousness taking on limitations. This is reflection. Merge this individual...
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Apr 15, 2009 9:23 am
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Who is the worker? Let him who works ask the question. You are always the Self. You are not the mind. It is the mind which raises these questions. Work...
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Apr 16, 2009 8:27 am
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The mind is only a projection from the Self, appearing in the waking state. In deep sleep, you do not say whose son you are, and so on. As soon as you wake up,...
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Apr 17, 2009 8:35 am
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God, on being worshipped, bestows steadiness in devotion which leads to surrender. Upon the devotee's surrender, God shows His mercy by manifesting as the...
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Apr 18, 2009 9:58 am
4449
Grief exists only so long as one considers oneself to be of a definite form. If the form is transcended, one will know that the one Self is eternal. There is...
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Apr 19, 2009 11:08 am
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The mind is only a collection of thoughts To whom are the thoughts? If you try to locate the mind the mind vanishes, and the Self alone remains. What could be...
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Apr 20, 2009 12:54 pm
4451
Christ is the ego. The cross is the body. When the ego is crucified, and it perishes, what survives is the Absolute Being; God. I and my Father are one. And...
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Apr 21, 2009 8:56 am
4452
Can there be anything but disaster apart from the Self? Unbroken I-I is the infinite ocean, the ego, I-thought remains only a bubble on it and is called jiva,...
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Apr 22, 2009 12:25 pm
4453
Objects perceived by the senses are spoken of as immediate knowledge. Can anything be as direct as the Self; always experienced with out the aid of the senses?...
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Apr 23, 2009 9:16 am
4454
All are aware of their own Self only. Wonder of wonders! They take what is not as what is. Or they see the phenomena apart from the Self. Only so long as there...
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Apr 24, 2009 8:34 am
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The obstacles are: 1. Ignorance, which is forgetfulness of one's pure being. 2. Doubt, which consists in wondering if the experience was of the Real or of the...
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Apr 25, 2009 12:57 pm
4456
The ultimate Truth is so simple. It is nothing more than being in the pristine state. This is all that need be said. Still it is a wonder that to teach this...
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Apr 26, 2009 1:56 pm
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In deep sleep you exist; awake, you remain. The same Self is in both states. The difference is only in the awareness and the non-awareness of the world. The...
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Apr 27, 2009 8:48 am
4458
The Heart is not physical; it is spiritual. This is the center. It is from which thoughts arise, on which they subsist and where they are resolved. The...
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Apr 28, 2009 9:07 am
4459
Where are you now that you want to reach the Heart? Are you standing apart from the Self? Wherefrom do you extend? You are always in the Heart. You are never...
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Apr 29, 2009 9:11 am
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The Self is known to everyone, but not clearly. You always exist. The Being is the Self. "I Am" is the name of God. Of all the definitions of God, none is...