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Mind is the activity or creativity of awareness in which awareness itself seems to become entangled. Awareness seems to lose itself in its own creativity; it veils itself with its own activity. Meditation is the disentangling of awareness from its own activity. ~ Rupert Spira


You have to simply become aware of the movement of the mind, which begins this endless trouble. ~H. W. L. Poonja


Stay quiet and the noisy surface dialogues will cease.
Then the substratum will rise up to the top.
It is simple.
Follow this. ~ H. W. L. Poonja


Who is journeying for freedom? The one who is already free. Thoughts are impediments to seeing your own face. Don't give rise to any thought, and discover who you are.~ H. W. L. Poonja

 

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Equanimity of Mind is Yoga . ~ Krishna (BG 2:48)


Equanimous mind gives rise to a heightened awareness. - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar


“Progress is not gauged by improvement in the comfort of our situation. Progress happens when the situation is adverse and we remain normal.”
~ Swami Mukundananda


Everything will happen correctly once your mind is quiet. ~ Nisargadatta Maharaj


Never underestimate the power of inner calm. It can overcome all challenges. Trust in its strength and put it to the test. ~ Nisargadatta Maharaj

 

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A Detached observer can observe but not absorb. For a Detached person every scene of life passes by smoothly without having any impact on the state of their being. ~ Brahmakumaris


Detached observation gives us the space to discern what to let in from the outer world. ~ Brahmakumaris


It is far better to observe than to absorb every word, feeling and attitude. Observing creates an inner focus that allows us to see reality. ~ Brahmakumaris


Peace ends when you are emotionally involved in a situation. The practice of being a detached observer helps you stay stable and calm. It is the best way to approach a decision in any circumstance. ~ Brahmakumaris

 

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“Overthinking arises when you unconsciously provoke negative emotions and thoughts and avoid positive emotions and thoughts.” ~ Amit Ray


“The more we practice mindfulness the more we understand the emotional dynamics of the self and others. Mindful emotions can create a positive climate leading to better outcomes." ~ Amit Ray


Meditation is the only way you can transcend the negative thoughts, and then positive thoughts will come spontaneously & automatically. ~ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

 

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There is one thing that can erase the karma that is awareness. Knowledge. Self-awareness, if you are aware of yourself, if you are in total love, then you are free from karma. ~ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar


Awareness has the strength to dissolve and destroy any karma. ~ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar


If you just live totally, you will dissolve lots of karma. Living totally means that you experience anything that comes fully and intensely. ~ Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev


The pain-body may seem to you like a dangerous monster that you cannot bear to look at, but I assure you that it is an insubstantial phantom that cannot prevail against the power of your presence. ~ Eckhart Tolle

 

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Dharma means nature-born quality. It also means duty or religion. But it's not clear to common people what is their particular duty or dharma. Why is it not clear? Because the mind is in a restless state and can't see itself. If one is capable to make the mind calm and balanced, then dharma will shine by itself. ~ Baba Hari Dass


Everyone is born as someone with nature-born quality. The agitated state of the mind doesn't see it. The restless mind sees "this is better; now this is better" and so on. Parents guide their children when they are small; then social pressure possesses the mind in the society. But there can't be any pressure for your independent thinking .~ Baba Hari Dass

Karma Yoga - Mount Madonna Center

Questions and answers about yoga and life from historic talks with Babaji.

www.mountmadonna.org

 

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When mind is still, then truth gets her chance to be heard in the purity of the silence. ~ Aurobindo


In silence lies the source of the highest inspirations. ~ Mira Alfassa


Whatever is the difficulty if we keep truly quiet the solution will come. ~ Mira Alfassa


In concentration and silence we must gather strength for the right action. ~ Mira Alfassa

 

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"There is more to life than increasing its speed." - Mahatma Gandhi.


A mind that is fast is sick. A mind that is slow is sound. A mind that is still is divine.” ~ Meher Baba


“All negative thoughts – anger, fear, passion, compulsive craving -- tend to be fast. If we could see the mind when it is caught in such thoughts, we would really see it racing.

But positive thoughts like love, patience, tenderness, compassion, and understanding are slow - not turbulent, rushing brooks of thinking, so to speak but broad rivers that are calm, clear, and deep.” ~ Eknath Easwaran


When we go slower, we are more patient and when we are more patient we have a choice in how we respond. ~ Eknath Easwaran


An unhurried mind brings the capacity to make wise choices every day - choices of how we use our time, of where we place our resources and our love. I am not just talking about avoiding the rat race, but about a life full of an artistic beauty - a life that has almost vanished from modern civilization, but is quite within the reach of everyone. ~ Eknath Easwaran


“As meditation deepens, compulsions, cravings, and fits of emotions begin to lose their power to dictate our behavior. We see clearly that choices are possible: we can say yes, or we can say no.― Eknath Easwaran

 

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Before knowing the truth if you depend on your intelligence you can be misled completely.

Intelligence that is without the spiritual insight is your own ego, is not pure intelligence, it is just your ego, which says, “This is right”, “I say”, “I believe”, “I am like this” – that is ego. After realization the truth that comes to you is the real pure truth and is not your ego. ~ Nirmala Devi


A person is wise who does not only know what is right and wrong, but also he knows very well his own power not to do something wrong. He just does not do it.

Wisdom is a complete power within ourselves by which we try nothing. It just spontaneously works through us and we do things which are proper and right.~ Nirmala Devi


Wisdom you don’t get in colleges, schools,universities, nowhere. Where do you get it, the wisdom? You get it through your spirit, which gives you a complete idea as to what is right and what is wrong. ~ Nirmala Devi

 

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It is the nature of the human mind that negative thoughts cause overthinking. When we dwell on someone’s good qualities, the mind remains calm and there are few thoughts. But think about something you do not like in someone and there will be a long train of thoughts. That changes our perception and attitude towards them. - Sister Shivani ( Prajapita Brahmakumaris )


Understand that you are ready for moksha (enlightenment), when you can see your own mistakes. Without awareness, no one can see his own faults. But if he needed to, he can easily see two to five hundred or so faults in others. ~ Ambalal Muljibhai Patel ( Dada Bhagwan )

 

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“In each moment you must decide which is your master – the Truth or the ego.” ~ Maharishikaa Preeti


You have at the center of your system this truth impulse. And you also have to deal with the great ego noise, the ego lie.

And so every urge to action that arises from your system, its being like a scientist, you are trying to find out where is this urge to action arising from.

Is it arising from the ego noise, the ego lie !

Or is it arising from the Truth impulse, the soul impulse ? ~ Maharishikaa Preeti


Everyone needs to know that they have a guru, and that this guru is the Source of all the answers they need, to navigate this process of living. They need to know that this guru is the AntarAatman or Soul or Source that resides within them, and they need to know how to listen to the answers from Source. ~ Maharishikaa Preeti

 

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"The inner voice speaks unto him who has annihilated his ego or false personality." ~ Swami Sivananda


Never mistake the lower mind’s promptings for the voice of the soul”. ~ Swami Sivananda


“The pure conscience itself is the “Inner Voice”. But the difficulty in the ordinary man is that the voice of the lower mind, the voice of the brutal instincts, is often misunderstood as the voice of conscience. As a result of such misunderstanding, guided by his animal tendencies, he commits colossal blunders, involving danger to others. It requires a great degree of purity and calmness of mind to hearken the true Inner Voice.” ~ Swami Sivananda

 

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"Sadhana allows us to live in the refined and cultured soul nature, rather that in the outer, instinctive, or intellectual spheres." - Subramuniyaswami

 

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We all have a small voice within which tells us if something is not quite right. When you disregard that voice, then you do something inaccurate. When you do act upon that inner voice, you are usually pleasantly surprised at how well it turned out. ~ Dadi Janki ( Prajapita Brahmakumaris)


Our innate wisdom which we call the inner voice or intuition always knows what is right for us. It constantly guides us in the right direction, and all we need to do is to learn to listen to it. Let us spend a few minutes with ourselves on a daily basis. Meditation and spiritual study silences our noisy minds and activate our intuition. ~ Brahmakumaris


Observe your mind and it gets silent. When the mind is still, intuition will speak. When the sound of your memories and beliefs will pause, the music of truth will play. ~ Brahmakumaris


When you listen more to your intuition, you will also master the art of silencing your mind, thereby controlling your thoughts better. ~ Brahmakumaris

 

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For infallible guidance man has to have a perfectly innocent heart incapable of evil. ~ Mahatma Gandhi


The Divine Radio is always singing if we could only make ourselves ready to listen to it, but is impossible to listen without silence. ~ Mahatma Gandhi


Modern civilization has taught us to convert night into day and golden silence into brazen din and noise. ~ Mahatma Gandhi


There are subjects where reason cannot take us far and we have to accept things on faith. Faith then does not contradict reason but transcends it. Faith is a kind of sixth sense which works in cases which are without the purview of reason. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

The Inner Voice | My Religion by M K Gandhi | Religion

Mahatma Gandhi's views on Religion, complete book online

www.mkgandhi.org

 

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The goal of yoga science is to calm the mind, that without distortion it may hear the infallible counsel of the Inner Voice. ~ Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda


“Intuition gives the soul knowledge of itself (Self-realization). Intuition also bestows clear understanding of truth and duty amidst the confusions of the world.” ~ Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda

 

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The more you meditate and keep your mind in tune with the Divine Consciousness, the stronger your intuition becomes. In addition, persons who have controlled their emotions and who are calm within have much keener intuitional powers. ~ Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda


Always remember: As you move on the dark path of life, the greatest thing is to develop that intuitive faculty. That can only come through meditation; there is no other way. When I use intuition it always shows me the right decision to make. It never fails.~ Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda


This intuition comes to you as an inner voice, or whispering. You must be careful to distinguish that inner guidance from the delusive fanciful voices of the subconscious mind. ~ Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda

 

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Only in the depth of pure silence can we hear God's voice.” ~ Mata Amritanandamayi


In the depths of silence, we hear the whispers of our soul and the wisdom of the universe.” ~ Mata Amritanandamayi


“The whispers of intuition guide us towards the path aligned with our soul’s purpose. Trust its gentle guidance and let it lead you to your true calling.”
~ Mata Amritanandamayi


Once we realize the silence within, our lives will no longer be guided by conflicting thoughts. Rather, we will develop an intuitive mind that will enable us to take the right decisions at the right time with the right understanding.~ Swami Amritaswarupananda

 

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Everyone needs to know that they have a guru, and that this guru is the Source of all the answers they need, to navigate this process of living. They need to know that this guru is the AntarAatman or Soul or Source that resides within them, and they need to know how to listen to the answers from Source. ~ Maharishika Preeti

In very truth the Guru dwells within, and unless you discover the inner Guru, nothing can be achieved. ~ Anandamayi Ma


"You have to be your own Guru. You must reach that point from where you guide yourself in such a way that the guiding lines become part of you."
~ Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

 

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The Guru within you is Satchidananda. It directs you continuously. It advises you. Sometimes you listen. Sometimes you don’t and then you get burnt and cry. It will say, “Please next time be careful.” We call that the antar Atma, the inner Self which constantly guides you. It is your conscience. “Be true to your Self,” we say. That is the Self. Listen to that Self. ` ~ Swami Satchidananda


Don’t allow the monkey mind or the ego within to guide you; it will drag you into the ditch.~ Swami Satchidananda


When you completely give up your ego, you hear the voice within. You hear the Guru within. Then it becomes very easy to face the life, to win the battle. ~ Swami Satchidananda