Spiritual teacher Quotes

At the end of the day, you can have something in your head, something in your hand, or something in your heart. What are you choosing?

All the ups and downs are grace in different wrappings, sent to refine consciousness. Say thanks to them all.

There is a mystery within all beings bursting to reveal itself, in the ones who become quiet enough to discover it. In this discovery a benevolent force shines spontaneously from your presence towards all beings, and this light cannot help but illuminate the world.

If you do not trust life to unfold, the mind takes over and it becomes a game of strategy, motivated by anxiety. This mistrust is unfair. Life has given us so much, and yet we do not trust it.

In the land of "I know," there is always competitiveness, jealousy, pretence, pride and arrogance. It is an aggressive realm - the realm of the ego. I say refuse citizenship. In the land of "I dont know," the inhabitants move without conflict and are naturally quiet, happy and peaceful. The wise stay here.

Feelings are just visitors, let them come and go.

Feelings are just visitors. Let them come and go.

Life cannot be against you, for you are Life itself.

Life can only seem to go against the ego's projections, which are rarely the truth.

Let the world call you lazy for not running about like a frightened ghost.

Just be quiet inside yourself. Don't bother about knowing how things should be and simply begin observing without prejudice, projections or desires. Notice how life flows of its own accord. Nothing here is a chaos, but a harmony. You are already inside this flow.

Your mantra is thank you. Just keep saying thank you. Don't explain. Don't complain. Just say thank you. Say thank you to existence.

Ignoring the mind is a beautiful sadhana.

This is what many of the sages did. They ignored the mind out of existence. It loses its influence and its potency when it is ignored.

If you really want to live your life to the fullest and realize your greatest potential, you must be willing to run the risk of making some people mad. People may not like what you do, people may not like how you do it, but these people are not living your life. You are!

Everything you have done and been through is valuable and important.

In order to be who you are, to know what you know, to be where you are in this moment, you needed to go through what you went through.

The place you are looking for is the plate from which you are looking.

If someone has offended you, insulted you, or disappointed you, let it go! If you are remembering all the ways you have been hurt or forgotten, let it go! Ask yourself, what good does it do for me to hold on to this?

There is a presence, a silence, a stillness which is here by itself.

There is no doer of it, no creator of this stillness. It is simply here in you, with you. It is the fragrance of your own self. There is nothing to do about this, it is naturally present. This fragrance of peace, this spaciousness, it is the fragrance of your own being.

Nothing destroys self-worth, self-acceptance and self-love faster than denying what you feel. Without feelings, you would not know where you are in life. Nor would you know what areas you need to work on. Honor your feelings. Allow yourself to feel them.

Day by day become more and more intimate with the inner stillness, joy and love which is the fragrance your own pure heart. Keep quiet.

You cannot make your life move faster than it's moving.

No matter how urgent your situation may seem to be, things are going to happen when they happen, not a minute sooner. Be patient with yourself. Be patient with others. Be patient with life. Patience always pays off.

In the spiritual journey, you cannot be a wine taster, you have to become a drunk.

Feelings are just visitors, let them come and go.

When a pure devotee or spiritual master speak, what he says should be accepted as having been directly spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the Parampara System.

Life is so much wiser and kinder than your mind imagines. Trust & Be Still.

Your willingness to look at your darkness is what empowers you to change

You have to meet people where they are, and sometimes you have to leave them there.

It takes a lot more courage to let something go than it does to hang on to it, trying to make it better. Letting go doesn't mean ignoring a situation. Letting go means accepting what is, exactly as it is, without fear, resistance, or a struggle for control.

When the raindrop touches the ocean, can it tell a story.

Release and detach from every person, every circumstance, every condition, and every situation that no longer serves a divine purpose in your life. All things have a season, and all seasons must come to an end. Choose a new season, filled with purposeful thoughts and activities.

It's important that we share our experiences with other people.

Your story will heal you and your story will heal somebody else. When you tell your story, you free yourself and give other people permission to acknowledge their own story

The world exists only when we think about it;

creation stories are for children. In reality the world is created every moment.

It is the conditioned mind that says, 'I'm lost.

' Let mind be lost. Lose your mind. Lose your mind inside your heart.

You should not be carried away by the dictation of the mind, but the mind should be carried by your dictation.

Be true to Love. Do not betray Her. Then, on the day that the forest of the mind bursts into flames, you will not run. You will remain silent and still; for this is when Love bears Her sweetest fruit: untouched Presence.

Comparison is an act of violence against the self.

The ocean does not require that the waves are still to be more ocean-like.

You ask, 'How to live my life?' But with the question you are suffocating life itself, for life is spontaneity.

When you are free, all who come in contact with you will be blessed.

Some may run away, but still they run away blessed.

Gratitude is like a magnet; the more grateful you are, the more you will receive to be grateful for.

When you drop all your ideas, fantasies and projections about who you are and what freedom is and remain completely empty, this is freedom.

Focus your mind on 'I Am', which is pure and simple being.

You are Here and Now only. Contemplate what it is to be fully 'Here' and fully 'Now'. For this you must leave all else. Stay only as here-now Conscious presence. This is Heart. This is Self.

Crying purifies and cleanses. I once read about a scientific experiment which demonstrated that there are 38 toxic chemicals in a tear of sadness, while only one toxin exists in a tear of joy. As you cry in sadness, fear, or confusion, you cleanse the body and spirit of toxins which cloud the mind and prevent it from accepting the truth.

Bless everything in existence with your entire being and immediately you recognise your inner state of completeness and harmony.

Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master.

Inquire from him submissively and render service unto him. The self-realized soul can impart knowledge unto you because he has seen the truth.

Change doesn't have to be hard, and healing doesn't have to hurt.

Surely by now you know that every thing happens for a reason! There is something better awaiting you on the other side of this.

You can direct the outcome of any situation you face through the power of thought. Keep your thoughts focused on the best possible outcome for everyone involved and never allow yourself to be pushed where you don't choose to be.

To change the world is not your mission.

To change yourself is not your duty. To awaken to your true nature is your opportunity.

Books are the basis; purity is the force; preaching is the essence; utility is the principle.

No storm can last forever. It will never rain 365 days consecutively. Keep in mind that trouble comes to pass, not to stay. Don't worry! No storm, not even the one in your life, can last forever.

Don't try and save yourself. The self that is trying to be saved is not you.

First we must see that we cannot will ourselves to be open because openness is our very nature. Any tiny residue of willing, of wanting to be open takes us away from what we are. Willing never goes beyond willing. So the only way to be free from this circle is to glimpse the truth that openness is the egoless state, that it is here and now

Challenges come so we can grow and be prepared for things we are not equipped to handle now.

The final bridge to cross is to let go of the mind-created 'spiritual' self.

Burn that bridge behind you. Stay empty of self-image and cease looking back. Remain in the neutrality of being. That's it!

Your greatest adversary is also your greatest teacher.

Like it or not, it is the job of certain people to bring out the worst in you. What they trigger is already in you. They are here to reveal the sore, tender wounded places in your heart and mind, and they are providing you with a wonderful and divine opportunity for healing.