So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it.
When the mind goes beyond the thought of 'the me,' the experiencer, the observer, the thinker, then there is a possibility of a happiness that is incorruptible.
In awareness there is no becoming, there is no end to be gained. There is silent observation without choice and condemnation, from which there comes understanding.
As long as the mind is seeking to fill itself, it will always be empty. When the mind is no longer concerned with filling its own emptiness, then only does that emptiness cease to be.
The description is not the described; I can describe the mountain, but the description is not the mountain, and if you are caught up in the description, as most people are, then you will never see the mountain
Contentment is never the outcome of fulfillment, of achievement, or of the possession of things; it is not born of action or inaction. It comes with the fullness of what is, not in the alteration of it.
And as we are - the world is. That is, if we are greedy, envious, competitive, our society will be competitive, envious, greedy, which brings misery and war. The State is what we are.
There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.
The very desire to be certain,to be secure,is the beginning of bondage.It's only when the mind is not caught in the net of certainty,and is not seeking certainty, that it is in a state of discovery.
You must know for yourself, directly, the truth of yourself and you cannot realize it through another, however great. There is no authority that can reveal it.
The society in which we live is the result of our psychological state.
Put away the book, the description, the tradition, the authority, and take the journey of self-discovery.
If you seem something that is true and do not act then you are wasting your life. And life is too precious. It is all that we have.
Meditation is not a means to an end. It is both the means and the end.
If we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because the answer is not separate from the problem.
Truth is more in the process than in the result.
Society is the product of relationship, of yours and mine together. If we change in our relationship, society changes.
The fundamental factor of self-deception is this constant desire to be something in this world and in the world hereafter.
Your belief in God is merely an escape from your monotonous, stupid and cruel life.