It is extremely difficult to b aware of dullness, to be aware of greed, to be aware of ill-will, ambition, and so on. The very fact of being aware of 'what is' is truth. It is truth that liberates, not your striving to be free. Thus, reality is not far, but we place it far away because we try ...
The present is the eternal. Through time, the timeless is not experienced. 'The now' is ever existent; even if you escape into future,'the now' is ever present. The present is the doorway to the past. If you do not understand the present now, will you understand it in the future? What ...
To receive the unknown, the mind itself must become the unknown. The mind is the result of the thought process, the result of time, and this thought process must come to an end. The mind cannot think of that which is eternal, timeless; therefore, the mind must be free of time, the time process of the ...
Surely, memory is time, is it not?,and through time we hope to achieve a result: I am a clerk today and, given time and opportunity, I will become the manager or the owner. And, with the same mentality, we say, 'I shall achieve reality, I shall approach God. So, through time we hope to achieve the ...
What brings understanding is love. When your heart is full, then you will listen to the teacher, to the beggar, to the laughter of children, to the rainbow, and to the sorrow of man. Under every stone and leaf, that which is eternal exists. But we do not know how to look for it. Our minds and hearts...
Therefore sacredness is the essence of religion. You know, a great river may become polluted as it flows past a town, but if the pollution isn’t too great, the river cleanses itself as it goes along, and within a few miles it is again clean, fresh, pure. Similarly, when once the mind comes upon ...
