Paradise is not somewhere else... it is within you. And it is not in some other time, after death... It is in you right now.
Enlightenment is always through surrender, but surrender is achieved through intelligence. Only idiots cannot surrender. To surrender you need great intelligence. To see the point of surrender is the climax of insight; to see the point that you are not separate from existence is the highest that intelligence can give to you.
Life in itself is an empty canvas; it becomes whatsoever you paint on it. You can paint misery, you can paint bliss. This freedom is your glory.
You can become happy just by deciding to be happy.
Our whole energy remains blocked either in the past or in the future. When you withdraw all your energy from past and future a tremendous explosion happens.
When your ego is no more, only then will you know who you are.
Life begins where fear ends.
The moment you accept yourself, you become beautiful.
It does not matter if you are a rose or a lotus or a marigold. What matters is that you are flowering.
A certain darkness is needed to see the stars.
Get out of your head and get into your heart. Think less, feel more.
Don't try to force anything. Let life be a deep let-go. God opens millions of flowers everyday without forcing their buds
The heart is like a flower. Unless it is open, it cannot release its fragrance into the world.
Respect your uniqueness, and drop comparison. Relax into your being.
If you wish to see the truth, then hold no opinion for or against.
In love the other is important; in lust you are important
When you understand yourself, that very day you have understood the whole of humanity. Then nobody can make you miserable.
Come out of the masses. Stand alone like a lion and live your life according to your own light.
Just think: you cannot find a single misery for which you are not responsible. It may be jealousy, it may be anger, it may be greed - but something in you must be the reason that is creating the misery.
Beware: don't choose the convenient, the comfortable, the respectable, the socially acceptable. Choose something that rings a bell in your heart.
Your honesty, Your love, Your compassion should come from your inner being, not from teachings and scriptures.
The only way to know something absolutely is to experience it for yourself; anything less is theory, speculation, and belief. .
Except for our bodies there are no other temples in the world
Accept yourself as you are. And that is the most difficult thing in the world, because it goes against your training, education, your culture.
If you love a flower, don’t pick it up. Because if you pick it up it dies and it ceases to be what you love. So if you love a flower, let it be. Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation.
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