"The Truth is inseparable from who you are. Yes, you are the Truth. If you look for it elsewhere, you will be deceived every time."
You are the Truth
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Becoming Aware of Silence
"When you become aware of silence, immediately there is that state of inner still alertness. You are present. You have stepped out of thousands of years of collective human conditioning."
Not to be Able to Stop Thinking
"Not to be able to stop thinking is a dreadful affliction, but we don't realize this because almost everybody is suffering from it, so it is considered normal. This incessant mental noise prevents you from finding that realm of inner stillness that is inseparable from...
Machinery of Judgment
"The problem is not important, but how we approach the problem. So the mind that is wishing to comprehend a problem must not be concerned with the problem but with the workings of its own machinery of judgment."
Self-observation
"Self-observation brings man to the realization of the necessity of self-change. And in observing himself a man notices that self-observation itself brings about certain changes in his inner processes. He begins to understand that self-observation is an instrument of...
Cast Fire Upon the World
"I have cast fire upon the world, and see, I am guarding it until it blazes."
Without Rules
"Life exists without rules; games cannot exist without rules. So real religion is always without rules; only false religion has rules, because false religion is a game."
Without Struggle, no Progress and no Result
"Without struggle, no progress and no result. Every breaking of habit produces a change in the machine."
Laughter is the Antidote
"Laughter relieves us of superfluous energy, which, if it remained unused, might become negative, that is, poison. Laughter is the antidote."
Strive for Freedom
"We must strive for freedom if we strive for self-knowledge. The task of self-knowledge and of further self-development is of such importance and seriousness, it demands such intensity of effort, that to attempt it any old way and amongst other things is impossible....