“The more we deny that we have a dark side, the more power it has over us.”
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“Suffering = Pain x Resistance”
“If I am capable of grasping God objectively, I do not believe, but precisely because I cannot do this I must believe.”
“Well, actually, I'm a psychic being, and you know, we don't concern ourselves with being born; we concern ourselves with being eternal; we deal with the spirit.”
“Make everything in you an ear, each atom of your being, and you will hear at every moment what the Source is whispering to you...you are -we all are-the beloved of the beloved, and in every moment, in every event of your life , the Beloved is whispering to you exactly what you need to hear and know. Who can ever explain this miracle? It simply is.”
“Religion is the first thing and the last thing, and until a man has found God and been found by God, he begins at no beginning, he works to no end.”
“The truth is that fear cannot coexist with love. Therefore, we must learn how to dissolve all boundaries with love by taking responsibility for our own energy. In doing so, we'll raise the energy around us.”
“A perfect mind comes from a perfect heart, not the heart known by a doctor's stethoscope but the heart which is the seat of God.”
“If you cannot live alone, you were born a slave.”
“People fashion their God after their own understanding. They make their God first and worship him afterwards.”
“Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.”
“We are missing the gold if we do asanas as a physical practice only.”
“Laa shay'a waqi'un moutlaq bale kouloun moumkine...We work in the Dark, to serve the Light.”
“As long as I remember that the glory is His and not my own. When I confuse that, I get in trouble. We think that we glorify ourselves, and the object is to glorify God first, and in doing that you become glorified, you get glorified.”
“It demands great spiritual resilience not to hate the hater whose foot is on your neck, and an even greater miracle of perception and charity not to teach your child to hate.”
“Especially in times of collective neurosis, the existence of . . . mature people is of crucial importance.”
“Listen to yourself, not the noise of the world. Only you know what is right for you.”
“People who have known the joy of God point each other to flashes of light here and there, and remind each other that they reveal the hidden but real Presence of God. They discover that there are people who heal each other's wounds, forgive each other's offenses, share their possessions, foster the spirit of community, celebrate the gifts they have received, and live in constant anticipation of the full manifestation of God's Glory.”
“Praying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet.”
“Meditation is not a means to an end. It is both the means and the end.”