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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
If you are full of confidence and if you are someone who knows already what is good for you, then no Krishna and no Christ can help you. If you are someone who is habituated in self-deception, then you cannot be helped. Just ask yourself, last time your follies or weaknesses were exposed, how did …
“You are your own friend, and you are your own enemy” You decide. Even if a lot of information or support is available to you, yet ultimately the support cannot decide on your behalf. The judgement must be written in your own handwriting, in your own ink. You may have a team to assist you; …
Now, Rishi’s response to these questions might surprise you! For us knowledge means: Reading books, getting a degree, using rare and elaborate words from the dictionary, speaking fluently etc., we take such people as knowledgeable, don’t we? But the Upanishadic Rishi says, “At the heart of all the changing things of this world lies the …
What is Brahm? A reality? No, Brahm is not real. Brahm is our utmost need. Brahm is our utmost need. Now call Brahm unreal at your own peril. All our life, all we deal with and encounter is destructibles, and all destructibles betray us at some point or the other. That’s their name, that’s their …
Meditation is for those who have a taste for the mystical. Meditation is for those who have a knack for the unknowable. Unless you are a little crazy, unless you are a little off-center, a little mad by worldly standards, meditation is not for you. The world looks at something and says, “This is how …