Kriyananda: Give God Complete Command
Give God complete command over your life. Surrender to Him without any self-justification or defensiveness. He knows our every thought, and is only waiting for us to offer ourselves fully to Him for His...
Category: Mystic Trail
Saint Bernard: Why love?
Love seeks no cause beyond itself and no fruit; it is its own fruit, its own enjoyment. I love because I love; I love in order that I may love. Saint Bernard
Buddha: Unshaken by…
Even as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame. – Gautama Buddha.
Jeremiah: Thou shall find me when….
And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. Jeremiah
Sankara: Atman and Brahman are identical
Liberation cannot be achieved except through perceiving the identity of the individual spirit with the Universal Spirit. Atman and Brahman are identical. Their essence is pure Consciousness. – Sankara
Mechthild: Disciplined Love
Undisciplined love dwells in the senses, for it is still entangled with earthly things. . . . Disciplined love lives in the soul and rises above the human senses and forbids the body its...
J. Marcus: Become More Virtuous
Once a friend asked Diogenes, “what must I do to take revenge on my enemies ?” “Become more virtuous than they are” was the terse answer. J. Marcus, ‘Anectodes of the Great’
Babuji Maharaj: What is God?
God is not to be found within the folds of a particular religion or sect. He is neither confined within certain forms or rituals nor is He to be traced out within the scriptures....
Yogananda: How to find peace
Find peace in doing things for God. Don’t spare yourself. Conquer the flesh and you will see Him in front of you. The more you cater to flesh, the more you grumble, the worse...
Yogananda: Freedom without spouse
You don’t know how free you are, when you have no husband nor wife to fuss about. First God; seek God first. I am not talking to those who are married. Those who are...