The Upanishads (Easwaran's Classics of Indian Spirituality Book 2)
But if thoughts are empty, what can we rely upon? Where is our refuge? Here is how the Indian sage Nisargadatta answered this question: “The mind creates the abyss, the heart crosses it.” The thinking mind constructs views of right and wrong, good and bad, self and other. These are the abyss. When we let thoughts come and go without clinging, we ca
... See moreJack Kornfield • The Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology
In the deeper domain of spiritual insight, it is not any particular insight that is ultimately liberating; it is being at one with the dynamic flow of consciousness, life, and the moment that brings the greatest freedom, love, and well-being.
Adyashanti • Sacred Inquiry: Questions That Can Transform Your Life
When consciousness merges with the object of consciousness, you can feel the presence of God. In yogic philosophy, the Self is called sat-chit-ananda, eternal-conscious-bliss. When Self focuses one-pointedly on a single object, one experiences the nature of Self—total peace, contentment, and overwhelming bliss. This is available to us at any time i
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Puruṣa is eternal and therefore not subject to changes such as bondage and liberation;5 in the Yoga tradition, the quest for liberation, in other words human agency, is a function of the prākṛtic mind, not of puruṣa.