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TEACHINGS OF MEISTER ECKHART

Truth is something so noble that if God could turn aside from it, I could keep the truth and let God go.

The most powerful prayer, one well-nigh omnipotent, and the worthiest work of all is the outcome of a quiet mind. The quieter it is the more powerful, the worthier, the deeper, the more telling and more perfect the prayer is. To the quiet mind all things are possible.

What is a quiet mind? A quiet mind is one which nothing weighs on, nothing worries, which, free from ties and from all self-seeking, is wholly merged into the will of God and dead to its own

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When you allow yourself to return to your true nature, you're not wanting any particular thing to happen in the stillness. 

Many times when people are quiet, they're waiting for something to happen, which itself keeps them on the periphery, treading water, instead of just letting go. 

When you aren't waiting for anything to happen, there is a natural sinking and deepening into the source of your own being. It's very quiet, and then and only then do you start to sense presence. There is a very palpable presence in this quiet. 

That is why I said this is not a dead quiet. You can sense an aliveness. It's a presence that's inside your body and outside your body. It permeates everywhere. When you are looking for it, you are looking for a gross presence, a heavy presence to hit you over the head. This isn't going to happen. The true quiet is a brightness. You feel bright. There is an awakeness, a deep sense of being alive.

- Adyashanti, Emptiness Dancing

deathlessness

 “Deathlessness is our real nature, and we falsely ascribe it to the body, imagining that it will live for ever and losing sight of what is really immortal, simply because we identify ourselves with the body. It says in the Upanishads that the jnani looks forward eagerly to the time when he can throw off the body, just as a laborer carrying a heavy load looks forward to reaching his destination and laying it down.”

- Bhagavan in 'Day by Day'

consciousness

Other than Consciousness nothing exists. Whatever you see is your own reflection. It is only through ignorance of your true nature that the universe appears to exist. One who understands with conviction that the universe is nothing but an illusion becomes free of it.

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Thought works only on memory, and man’s likes and dislikes are based on previous experiences. Without the mediacy of thought, neither likes nor dislikes arise, nor is there any attachment to experience.

Ramesh Balsekar 

13 October

spit on public opinion

"Spit on public opinion, look towards God and try to please him.

If the God is pleased, then the whole world is pleased."

- Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishna Paramhamsa dev.

I am that I am

“Your duty is to be and not to be this or that. ‘I am that I am’ sums up the whole truth. The method is summed up in the words ‘Be still’. What does stillness mean? It means destroy yourself. Because any form or shape is the cause for trouble. Give up the notion that ‘I am so and so’. All that is required to realize the Self is to be still. What can be easier than that?”

Ramana Maharshi🌹🙏🏼

peace

"There is no sadhana better than just staying as Peace.

If you must do any practice, then do Vichar. 

Joy is also a good sadhana because it destroys mind, so always be happy.

Always think of It and be happy: 

spend the rest of your life knowing you are Existence-Consciousness-Bliss."

~ Papaji

I am that

 “Your duty is to be and not to be this or that. ‘I am that I am’ sums up the whole truth. The method is summed up in the words ‘Be still’. What does stillness mean? It means destroy yourself. Because any form or shape is the cause for trouble. Give up the notion that ‘I am so and so’. All that is required to realize the Self is to be still. What can be easier than that?”

Ramana Maharshi🌹🙏🏼

knowledge suffer

Why do you wish to burden yourself with more knowledge and suffer?

Ramana