spiritual-teachers

"Don't waste your time working hard by chasing someone's promise. Think about what will happen to you, not at the mercy of someone."

"Everyone in society tries to be good. But how many can do it."

"I do not see any difference between people. Because the Creator of all people is one, his name is different, the method of worship is different."

"Younger ones: We know what you will understand by working hard in unnecessary and fruitless work, sitting at home. Because we are your elders."

"A person made a false promise in front of the public for the completion of his personal work. It is seen that after the completion of his work, not to mention the promise, not even his shadow is seen."

"A true and righteous person is not good in the eyes of everyone. Because this age is Kali's lie, suppressing his truth and calling him into darkness."

"If one cannot work for the welfare of others as a human being, then even as a human being, he is equivalent to a violent animal."

"It would be wrong to judge a person as bad because he is inferior in his professional work or neglected by society. You have to see whether his mind, thoughts and consciousness are positive or not."

"Love cannot be forced on people. It is possible only by speaking the truth and having a good character."

"Maurice Nicoll says all history is a living today. We are not enjoying one spark of life in a huge, dead waste. We are, instead, existing at one point "in a vast process of the living who still think and feel but are invisible to us.""

"Mind is a monkey hopping around the universe in search of bananas and pretty sunsets, happy to be caressed and to have the lice removed from its fur. You are truth, peace, freedom. Love. If you let the monkey be your queen, it’s you who are the ape!"

"Conducts Satsangs — gatherings in truth — where participants may spend long periods in silence, confronting the mind’s restlessness. (Vital.de, 2010)"

"The question ‘Who is the Seer?’ destroys all illusions. It is as if made for us. We have such a longing for sensual experience, physical and emotional joy. We organize our entire lives in such a way as to experience happiness and joy. But happiness and joy are always part of duality, they are always bound up with disappointment and suffering. The seer is beyond duality. He is free."

"Silence is the primal ground. In silence there is the greatest agency, ultimate power. In silence, everything occurs. … Silence underlies all of these things, and this is why it is the most powerful of all."

"Without love in your heart, you will drift endlessly across this planet and will never find fulfillment."

"Silence is the highest teaching. Truth cannot be described in words, but can be transmitted in silence."

"Described as teaching Jnana Yoga, or the Yoga of knowledge, with the aim of calming the mind and guiding participants toward deeper self-understanding. (Vital.de, 2010)"

"Everything you have ever experienced came to you through your organs of sense: eyes, ears, nose, mouth and skin. True essence cannot be experienced by means of the senses or the mind."

"Absolute consciousness has nothing to do with the body. It is transcendental. Behind the mind, behind the intelligence. Absolute consciousness is natural Being, the ground and basis of Being. Here always."

"It is about self-knowledge and the most important question of all: Who am I?"

"The transpersonal Self is the sole everlasting reality, which is peace and silent joy."

"Realizing Oneness opens up chances for a new culture of consciousness: Right in the middle of the crisis of our image of man: a new ethics of freedom. Consciousness as a Theory of Everything for Peace."

"Delving into the Eternal and Absolute in the Here and Now reveals the Self—unlimited Consciousness."

"Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, “Lord, how is it that You will manifest Yourself to us, and not to the world?”"

"Now there were certain Greeks among those who came up to worship at the feast. Then they came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.”"

"The following day Jesus wanted to go to Galilee, and He found Philip and said to him, “Follow Me.”"

"But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life."

"The following day Jesus wanted to go to Galilee, and He found Philip and said to him, “Follow Me.” Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found Him of whom Moses in the law, and also the prophets, wrote—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”"

"And Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. Then He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.” They immediately left their nets and followed Him. Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. He called them, and immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him."

"Then Jesus lifted up His eyes, and seeing a great multitude coming toward Him, He said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread, that these may eat?” But this He said to test him, for He Himself knew what He would do."

"[Jesus:] "If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him.”"

"Now there were certain Greeks among those who came up to worship at the feast. Then they came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.”"

"Again, the next day, John stood with two of his disciples. And looking at Jesus as He walked, he said, “Behold the Lamb of God!”"

"(Before the Feeding the multitude) There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two small fish, but what are they among so many?"

"(To Saint Peter referring to Jesus) We have found the Messiah."

"After finishing this Vedic study I had no idea what to do with it. Fortunately, through a personal friend I came into contact with M.P. Pandit, the secretary of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram. I had long admired Pandit’s many books on the Vedas, Tantra, Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. Pandit was perhaps the foremost scholar of Indian spirituality, not from an academic view but from a real understanding and inner experience that spanned the entire tradition. If anyone could appreciate what I was doing, it was he. I first visited Pandit in San Francisco in the summer of 1979. I brought my writings on the Vedas and Upanishads and explained my approach to him. What I received from him in return went far beyond my expectations. Pandit was a calm and concentrated person, with a penetrating vision. He listened carefully before making any comments. Instead of trying to influence me he was quite receptive and open to what I was attempting. I told him that I was not an academic but doing the work from an inner motivation and an intuitive view. He said that it was better that I was not an academic because I would not repeat their same old mistakes and could gain a fresh view of the subject. Pandit strongly encouraged me to continue my work, offering his full support. He called my Vedic work my "Divine mission," that I should follow out. He said both to my surprise and my honor that he would get my writings published in India."

"I realised why Poonja was so popular among Westerners. He propounded pure advaita, doubtless the highest philosophy: you are the self. You do not have to look for the truth because you are the truth here and now. You are that what you look for. The self alone is. Everything is fine as it is. And the logical conclusion: no meditation, no mantras, no effort and no need to change your lifestyle. It is enough to simply be still and not to think—and enjoy the good food in the garden restaurants, which had sprung up all around the place to cater to the Western taste."

"Andrew Cohen, one of his [H. W. L. Poonja's] most famous disciples, split up with him after years of deep devotion to his guru. Andrew blamed Poonja that he was jealous of his success and popularity. Poonja had said that he could create a thousand Andrew Cohens, but Cohen could not create a single Poonja. Earlier, however, Poonja had declared Andrew as his beloved, enlightened son."

"Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him, and said of him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!”"

"Can anything good come out of Nazareth?"

"Rabbi, You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!"

"Things don't just happen in this world of arising and passing away. We don't live in some kind of crazy, accidental universe. Things happen according to certain laws, laws of nature. Laws such as the law of karma, which teaches us that as a certain seed gets planted, so will that fruit be."

"Laymen tend to associate sadism and masochism with purely sexual activity, thinking of them as the sexual enjoyment derived from inflicting or receiving physical pain. Actually, true sexual sadomasochism is a relatively uncommon form of psychopathology. Much, much more common, and ultimately more serious, is the phenomenon of social sadomasochism, in which people unconsciously desire to hurt and be hurt by each other through their nonsexual interpersonal relations."

"By masochism I do not mean that they (masochists) get their sexual jollies out of physical pain, but simply that in some strange way they are chronically self-destructive. Masochists are people who perpetually attempt to destroy themselves. They are always, in one way or another, trying to kill themselves. In the long run they almost always succeed. Our task in therapy is to help them empty themselves of their masochism so that life may fill them instead. The problem of masochism is intimately tied up with the problem of responsibility. Masochists are people who, because they hate themselves, believe that they are worthless and deserve only punishment. They are self-destructive because they lack the capacity to assume responsibility for their own lives. Instead of taking care of themselves, they neglect themselves, abuse themselves, and in the end destroy themselves. The genuinely disciplined person, on the other hand, is one who takes responsibility for his or her own life and well-being. Discipline is self-caring. Masochism is not. Discipline is love translated into action; masochism is love turned against the self."

"Most people who seek psychotherapy are suffering from a sense of personal inadequacy. Yet there are always a few whose problem is just the opposite: they suffer because they cannot accept their greatness. Perhaps ten percent of my patients have had to come to terms not with their inferiority but with their superiority. To accept one's legitimate talents without guilt or fear is as much a responsibility as to accept one's faults."

"Life is a series of problems. Do we want to moan about them or solve them? Do we want to teach our children to solve them?"

"Mental health is an ongoing process of dedication to reality at all costs."

"Although the act of nurturing another's spiritual growth has the effect of nurturing one's own, a major characteristic of genuine love is that the distinction between oneself and the other is always maintained and preserved."

"It is through the pain of confronting and resolving problems that we learn."

"... Thinking and consciousness are inextricably locked together in a parallel relationship. Consciousness is the foundation of all thinking, and thinking is the foundation of all consciousness. Anytime there is a failure in thinking, there is a corresponding deficit in a person’s level of consciousness. Thus, all human behavior—the good, the bad, and the indifferent—is determined by the extent, or lack thereof, of the quality of thinking and consciousness involved."