Greatness by its nature loves to remain latent and unmanifest. Greatness does not enjoy the exhibition. Exhibitionism does not sit well with Truth. Truth is quite a sleepy thing; it does not want to display itself. It just remains relaxed, sleeping, tucked away in some corner, away from the public eye. Only when there is …
If I am always in the need of entertainment, I want to watch a movie, I want to do something that takes away my boredom, then obviously I want to change. If my mind does not stay in one place and is always wandering from here to there, then obviously my mind wants a change. …
Any ordinary man, any ordinary woman would come in contact with you, and that contact will be the contact of Maya, rest assured. But when a Shri Krishna comes in contact with you, something extremely unusual happens. It is not that now Maya will take you further in its fold; rather that contact with Shri …
That is not too important a question. What matters is whether you are better today compared to your previous self yesterday. You have to be better relative to yourself. Talking too much of the grand absolute not only is not helpful, but can actually be deception towards oneself. You can keep talking of the highest …
What is life all about? When do you say that a man is alive? To be alive means to know, and know not from the past, not from any external source. Know right now! Attentiveness. To be alive means to be free. To be alive means that the mind is unburdened, unconditioned, that the mind …
Spirituality isn’t about God or consciousness. All spirituality is essentially about not being stupid. Its about being really ‘fool-proof’. No ritual is spiritual. Spirituality – Truth above self. To not to be spiritual is to be a social slave. Without an essential spiritual dimension to the relationship, an element of fear, suspicion and exploitation will …
Love is a highly exclusive thing. You just cannot love wisdom and nonsense in the same way. You cannot talk of the highest and the lowest in the same breath. You must learn to exclude. You must learn to reserve. You must learn to see distinction before you come to see unity. If someone starts …
Those who say, “No image worship, no idolatry. We don’t want to look at images at all; we believe in Nirguṇa Upāsana (formless worshiping); we believe in the one Ultimate Truth that has no form, no shape, no name, that is beyond, beyond, beyond.” Alright. What you are saying is absolutely true. The one you …
I feel I am deeply identified with the body most of the time. How do I start detaching myself from this body-identification? Being a woman, I find it more difficult because of the social and physical conditioning. You can have a small vessel that contains small pieces of many metals: iron, aluminum, nickel, copper. And …
Spirituality invariably consists of pushing the ego to go against itself. You have to fight against yourself; you have to win the inner battle. You don’t like to give because you already feel short of everything. Charity is about challenging this perception of deficiency. You say, “I am so deficient”; the concept of charity says, …