post 4

Q : Should I abide as the pure “I" and have faith that purity will come?

Sri Papaji :

Don't waste your time in the purity of mind

because mind cannot be pure.

Even the desire to be pure is the trick of the mind.

You will spend many lives purifying the mind,

but it will never be pure.

Look at the story of Vishwamitra and Manika.

After purifying his mind for 10,000 years

he still falls for her instantly.

It is better to just allow your desires to arise and

not let them touch you.

Let them arise and let them be fullfilled.

You simply stay Quiet.

Don't try to become anything,

don't go anywhere

and

don't do anything

and

don't undo anything.

Find the source of these concepts and stay there.

This is bliss, nothing else.

This knowledge is bliss.

~ Sri Papaji , from The Truth Is book

post 3

From the book The Garland of Guru's Sayings

584. That which exists [sat] itself is consciousness [chit]. The consciousness itself is bliss [ananda]. Deriving pleasure from other things is mere delusion [that is, the pleasure we suppose we derive from other things is illusory, false]. Tell me, except in the clear and real Self-existence, can there be real happiness in the imaginary sense-objects?

post 2

"Our life is whatever we are encountering right now, 

and our practice is shikantaza, 

which is literally 'just sitting.' 

More broadly it means to put our energy into settling everything in our world here and now, where we really live."

~ Kosho Uchiyama

post 1

 "Who is journeying for freedom? 

The one who is already free. 

Just get rid of the concept, ‘I am the body, separate from the source.’ 

You return to what you always were."

~ Papaji