Try to understand what I am saying: everything is dependent on everything else, everything is connected, nothing is separate. Therefore everything is going in the only way it can go. If people were different everything would be different. They are what they are, so everything is as it is.
A considerable percentage of the people we meet on the street are people who are empty inside, that is, they are actually already dead. It is fortunate for us that we do not see and do not know it. If we knew what a number of people are actually dead and what a number of these dead people govern our lives, we should go mad with horror.
Self-observation brings man to the realization of the necessity of self-change.
And in observing himself a man notices that self-observation itself brings about certain changes in his inner processes. He begins to understand that self-observation is an instrument of self-change, a means of awakening.
Self-observation brings man to the realization of the necessity of self-change.
And in observing himself a man notices that self-observation itself brings about certain changes in his inner processes. He begins to understand that self-observation is an instrument of self-change, a means of awakening.
The evolution of man is the evolution of his consciousness, and 'consciousness' cannot evolve unconsciously. The evolution of man is the evolution of his will, and 'will' cannot evolve involuntarily.
If you meditate and the Devil comes, make the Devil meditate.
I will tell you one thing that will make you rich for life.
There are two struggles: an Inner-world struggle and an Outer-world struggle...you must make an intentional contact between these two worlds; then you can crystallize data for the Third World, the World of the Soul.
It is only by grounding our awareness in the living sensation of our bodies that the 'I Am,' our real presence, can awaken.
Two things in life are infinite; the stupidity of man and the mercy of God.
Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave.
Life is an island. People come out of the sea, cross the island, and return to the sea. But this short life is long and beautiful. In getting to know nature man exalts the wonder and beauty of life.
In order to understand the interrelation of truth and falsehood in life, a man must understand falsehood in himself, the constant incessant lies he tells himself.
If you help others, you will be helped, perhaps tomorrow, perhaps in one hundred years, but you will be helped. Nature must pay off the debt. It is a mathematical law and all life is mathematics.
Real love is a cosmic force which goes through us.
If we crystallize it, it becomes the greatest power in the world.
It is more satisfying to be a bad player at golf.
The worse you play, the better you remember the occasional good shot.
When we ask for heaven, we are asking for stasis.
A form of comfort that will last for eternity. Yes, that is what we all want, the way we understand happiness.
There is a cosmic law which says that every satisfaction must be paid for with a dissatisfaction.
Every ceremony or rite has a value if it is performed without alteration.
A ceremony is a book in which a great deal is written. Anyone who understands can read it. One rite often contains more than a hundred books.
Knowledge can be acquired by a suitable and complete study, no matter what the starting point is. Only one must know how to "learn." What is nearest to us is man; and you are the nearest of all men to yourself. Begin with the study of yourself; remember the saying "Know thyself."
Emotions can create problems that do not exist.
It's fine to be justifiably angry. But, it's not okay to let that anger fester long enough to become bitterness.
I ask you to believe nothing that you cannot verify for yourself.
By teaching others you will learn yourself.
It is very difficult also to sacrifice one's suffering.
A man will renounce any pleasures you like but he will not give up his suffering.
That which is easy is bad for your inner life.
The greatest untold story is the evolution of God.
From my point of view, he can be called a remarkable man who stands out from those around him by the resourcefulness of his mind, and who knows how to be restrained in the manifestations which proceed from his nature, at the same time conducting himself justly and tolerantly towards the weaknesses of others.
Wish' is the most powerful thing in the world. Higher than God.
The first fundamental law of the universe is the law of three forces, of three principles, or , as it is often called, the law of three. According to this law every action, every phenomenon in all worlds without exception, is the result of a simultaneous action of three forces- the positive, the negative, and the neutralizing.
Our emotions are the way we experience the world.
They are never wrong. It is only the conscious mind mismanaging that gets in the way.
Love without knowledge is demonic.
If a sufficient number of people who wanted to stop war really did gather together, they would first of all begin by making war upon those who disagreed with them. And it is still more certain that they would make war on people who also want to stop wars but in another way.
Those who have not sown anything during their responsible life will have nothing to reap in the future.
With thorns in the inner world there will always be roses in the outer world, in law-able compensation.
A miracle is not the breaking of physical laws, but rather represents laws which are incomprehensible to us.
Meat is necessary when there is hard physical work to be done, or in a very cold climate, or when edible plants cannot be found...Animal flesh provides all the substances we need, both for the intensive working of our organism and for maintaining a normal temperature in cold climates.
The continual mismanagement is what keeps us from enjoying the full pallet of emotions that truly enrich us. .
Sincerity is the key which will open the door through which you will see your separate parts, and you will see something quite new. You must go on trying to be sincere. Each day you put on a mask, and you must take it off little by little.
Love of consciousness evokes the same in response Love of feeling evokes the opposite Love of body depends only on type and polarity.
The degree of consciousness corresponds to the degree of density or the speed of vibrations. The denser the matter, the less conscious it is.
A man may be born, but in order to be born he must first die, and in order to die he must first awake.
Every grown-up man consists wholly of habits, although he is often unaware of it and even denies having any habits at all.
Man has the possibility of existence after death.
But possibility is one thing and the realization of the possibility is quite a different thing.
In properly organized groups no faith is required;
what is required is simply a little trust and even that only for a little while, for the sooner a man begins to verify all he hears the better it is for him.
Man has the possibility of existence after death.
But possibility is one thing and the realization of the possibility is quite a different thing.
Personality in man is what is "not his own" .
. . what come from outside, what he has learned, or reflects, all traces of exterior impressions left in the memory.
Religion is doing; a man does not merely think his religion or feel it, he "lives" his religion as much as he is able, otherwise it is not religion but fantasy or philosophy.
We hear warmongering every day, every day we hear threats and attempts to scare us. [...] We don't want war and never wanted, but at that time [i.e. during Nagorno-Karabakh war] we had to defend our Motherland. If the time comes again, this time our blow will be final and deadly.
I want to assure you that working in transition period is an ungrateful job for any honest government.
Now everything that you do is written in red or black in Angel Gabriel's book.
Not for everyone is this record kept, but only for those who have taken a position of responsibility. There is a Law of Sins, and if you do not fulfil all your obligations, you will pay.
Lasting and strong relations cannot be built on short-lived interests.
A credible partnership is inconceivable without shared values and commitment to the same ideas.