self papaji

When one abides as the Self, 

some divine power takes charge of one´s life. 

All actions then take place spontaneously, and

are performed very efficiently, without

any mental effort or activity.

~ Papaji

renunciation

Renunciation is always in the mind, not in going to the forest or solitary places, or giving up one’s duties. The main thing is to see that the mind does not turn outward but inward. It does not really rest with a man whether he goes to this place or that, or whether he gives up his duties or not. All that happens according to destiny.

All the activities that the body is to go through are determined when it first comes into existence. It does not rest with you to accept or reject them. The only freedom you have is to turn your mind inward and renounce activities there. Nobody can say why that freedom alone and no other freedom is left to man. That is the Divine scheme.

Giving up activities means giving up attachment to activities or the fruits thereof, giving up the notion ‘I am the doer’. The activities which this body is destined to perform will have to be gone through. There is no question of giving up such activities, whether one likes it or not.

~ Sri Bhagavan

osho

silent Robert Adams

The whole idea is to be silent. Not to add affirmations or words to your garbage pail. It is already filled with garbage. By garbage, I mean preconceived ideas, dogmas, opinions, samskaras from previous lives, you're filled with these things, and you are a reacting machine, you react, that is what you do all day is react, react, react. Therefore, when you try to learn more knowledge and you read more books, all you're doing is adding on to the garbage pail. Of course, most of you realize, the highest truth is to delete, not to add. To get rid of the things you believe in now. So empty yourself out totally and completely. All of your ideas, your feelings, all have to be emptied out of you. When you become totally and completely empty, there is nothing you have to do to fill it up again. 

Emptiness is realization. 

Emptiness is Brahman. 

Emptiness is the Self. 

Emptiness is your real nature.

~Robert Adams