Spiritual quotes

Self

Question: In my present state, is there sufficient faith, humility and surrender in me? If not, how to make them complete?

Ramana: You are perfect and complete, so abandon the idea of incompleteness. There is nothing to be destroyed. Ahankara, the individual "I", is not a real thing. It is the mind that makes the effort and the mind is not real. Just as it is not necessary to kill a rope that one imagines to be a snake, so also there is no need to kill the mind. Knowing the form of the mind makes the mind disappear. That which is forever non-existent is already removed.

Bliss

Fixing the mind firmly on Brahman , the point of concentration, restraining sense organ in their respective centers. Holding the body steady and giving up all thoughts for it's maintenance . Attaining identity with Brahman and being one with it . Continuously drink the bliss of Brahman in your own self. Of what use of other things? They are entirely false. Empty illusion.
~ vivekchudamani
Adi shakaracharya

Self love

That place that you discover, that effortless place,
you must fall in love with it completely.
It is the easiest love. It’s the easiest love, but it’s not a love affair.
It’s the easiest love. This is the one love that will not betray you.
It is full of goodness and joy.
So easy to love and to appreciate and to feel so totally fulfilled.
Look only at that love. Be only with that love.

Maturity

What's maturity? Definition provided by Buddhist Lamas. 1. Maturity is when you stop trying to change others, but instead focus on changing yourself. 2. Maturity is when you accept people who they are. 3. Maturity is when you understand everyone is right in their own perspective. 4. Maturity is when you learn to "let go". 5. Maturity is when you are able to drop "expectations" from a relationship and give for the sake of giving. 6. Maturity is when you understand whatever you do, you do for your own peace. 7. Maturity is when you stop proving to the world, how intelligent you are. 8. Maturity is when you do not seek approval from others. 9. Maturity is when you stop comparing with others. 10. Maturity is when you are at peace with yourself. 11. Maturity is when you are able to differentiate between "need" and "want" and are able to let go of your wants. & last but most meaningful ! 12. You gain Maturity when you stop attaching "happiness" to material things !! Here's wishing all a happy mature life.

Dispassionate

Nisargadatta Maharaj: I know nothing about it all and see no difference between you and me. My life is a succession of events, just like yours. Only I am detached and see the passing show as a passing show, while you stick to things and move along with them. Questioner: What made you so dispassionate? Nisargadatta Maharaj: Nothing in particular. It so happened that I trusted my Guru. He told me I am nothing but my self and I believed him. Trusting him, I behaved accordingly and ceased caring for what was not me, nor mine. ~ from "I Am That", chapter 2 ...free download of the book 'I Am That' as PDF file -> http://www.holybooks.com/i-am-that-nisargadatta-maharaj/ ...'I Am That' for online reading -> http://www.byronevents.net/nisargadatta/that1.htm#content

Presence of a jnani

SANNIDHI - THE PRESENCE OF A JNANI

One day when I was sitting by the side of Sri Bhagavan, I felt so miserable that I put the following question to him:

‘Is the sankalpa [wish] of the jnani not capable of warding off the destinies of the devotees?’ Bhagavan smiled and said: ‘Does the jnani have a sankalpa at all? The jivanmukta can have no sankalpas whatsoever. It is just impossible.’

I continued: ‘Then, what is the fate of all of us who pray to you to have grace on us and save us? Will we not be benefited or saved by sitting in front of you or coming to you? What use is there then for family men like me to gain by coming here to you?’

Bhagavan turned graciously to me and said: ‘Just as a trouble (or arrow) that comes to destroy the head goes away carrying with it only the turban, so a person’s bad karma will be considerably reduced while he is in the presence of a jnani.

A jnani has no sankalpa but his sannidhi [presence] is the most powerful force. He need not have sankalpa but his presiding presence, the most powerful force, can do wonders, save souls, give peace of mind, even liberation to ripe souls. Your prayers are not answered by him but absorbed by his presence. His presence saves you, wards off the karma and gives you the boons as the case may be, involuntarily. The jnani does save the devotees, but not by sankalpa, which is non-existent in him, only through his presiding presence, sannidhi.’

Narayana Iyer

-The Mountain Path, 1968 p. 236) from http://sri-ramana-maharshi.blogspot.in/2008/08/power-to-enlighten.html