Ego is not to be used to hurt others; It is to keep pointing the finger back towards myself saying, 'Okay, I can do it better than I did last time.'
Life on Earth is about evolution. Every life is an evolution in developing wisdom, skills and attitudes.
If the thought of personal individuality occurs in the mind, the concept of right and wrong intention takes root in the form of thought.
When I give prominence to 'I, me and mine', then togetherness is lost and relationships are forgotten.
We start with meditation, and when we become absorbed in it we reach the preliminary state of concentration. For such a concentration, we need not struggle with ourselves. It is the natural outcome of meditation when our being merges into one thought or feeling.
Our mind gives us our individual identity through the ego, whereas the heart is collective.
Self respect means that one should not do unto others as one would not like others to do unto oneself.
Change should come from within, out of love, voluntarily.
Change is absolutely necessary for spiritual growth.
In love, there is no place for expectation, but only for gratitude. That is why love is the pinnacle of human nobility.
The mystery of all happiness lies in the steadying and settling down of the activity of the mind.
In spirituality, you are the experiment, you are the experimenter, and you are the outcome.
Responsibility of success in any field lies with ourselves. Be alert, be aware of your responsibilities towards yourself.
I may assure you that the charms of restlessness, the longing for Realisation, are far greater than those of peace. When restlessness reaches the climax it makes the beginning of peace.
By cleaning the mind of past impressions, we allow ourselves to change and design our own destiny.
If you sit by a fire, you feel warm; if you sit by ice, you feel cold. Why, then, would you not get transformed if you sit with a person who is perfect in discipline and etiquette?
If we choose to lead a life like the roaring ocean, we will be lost in the waves of our disturbed consciousness.
Complexities may be defined as the network of our previous thoughts and grossness or solidity in our constitution.
Let love give freedom to the loved one. The bird that flies out of the cage will also come back.
The purpose of meditation is to regulate the mind to such stillness that even during the most awful situations in life, we are able to pause, analyse the situation and take action accordingly.
We do not light a lamp for the sake of the lamp but to do some work by its light, which is the end or aim.
Tune yourself to the stillness of the heart.
The real spiritual training is that which makes our mind disciplined and regulated.
When inspiration strikes, don’t doubt it, just do it.