Forms of Food
Recently I saw notes on a conversation with Brahmachari Satyanand, a student of the Shankaracharya of Jyotir Math who worked with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi for many years. This was notes from a personal conversation, so …
Category: Quotes
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Ocean and Drop
“Outside is the joy of the drop. Inside is the joy of the ocean.” – Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Outside, we enjoy the world. Inside, we transcend into wholeness. This is the secret to spiritual progress. …
Renounce
Renounce, renounce the world of appearance. Then renounce renunciation as well. But, whether you renounce or do not renounce, enjoy the nectar of your natural state. – Avadhuta Gita 2.46 …
Bruce on Baggage
“It’s easy to lose yourself or never find yourself. The older you get, the heavier the baggage gets that you haven’t sorted through. And you pay the price. And the older you get, the …
The Consequences of Attachment
In the Bhagavad Gita, dharma has dropped and 2 opposing sides have drawn up for battle on the Kurukshetra plains of India. Many of the warriors are siddhas, able to hit their targets without fail. …
The Wisdom of No Escape
Susanne Marie writes occasional short articles she calls Reality Bites. I particularly enjoyed this one: “Sometimes the only way to be free of something is to allow yourself to be fully trapped. Our desire to …
Grace
Grace is an important element of the spiritual journey. Around the world, we see grace in one of two ways. The first type of grace is unexpected gifts or unmerited favour of the Divine. Peter …
The Right Time for Right Action
Things happen when it’s time. Not time for you but time for the whole. Time for challenges to unfold, time for benefits, time for birth, time for awakening, time for peace. When it’s time, the …
The Force
In the Star Wars films there is a fictional force that “binds everything together and maintains balance.” “The act of living generates a force field, an energy. That energy surrounds us; when we die, that …
Every Cycle
“Nature remembers what we humans have forgotten: Every cycle must return to stillness, silence, the dark Every out-breath requires an in-breath Every outer endeavor turns back inwards to its origins, its center, and begins again; …
A Sacrificial Offering?
“I am not one of those who neglect the body in order to make of it a sacrificial offering for the soul, since my soul would thoroughly dislike being served in such a fashion. All …
A Common Barrier to Unity
In the book Conversations with Maharishi, Vol. 1, Vernon Katz has transcribed some of the side conversations he had with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi while they were translating the Brahma Sutra in the late 1960’s. (p …