Quotes from Richard Sylvester

When the sensation that I am in control of my life and must make it happen ends, then life is simply lived and relaxation takes place. There is a sense of ease with whatever is the case and an end to grasping for what might be.

Liberation is not a state, you cannot achieve it and there is no future.

I do not act, but actions happen through me, the divine puppet.

At death there is only liberation. It is just more chic to see liberation when you are alive." Max Furlaud in a private conversation

A day will dawn when you will laugh at all your past efforts." Ramana Maharshi

Events happen. Or they don't.

The bad news is that you're in free fall and there's nothing to hold on to. The good news is that there's no ground to hit.

Are there any poets that write directly about this? Oneness is typing this, Oneness is reading this. People mention Hafiz and Rumi. Non-Duality Press publishes books of poems by Nicholas Czernin, 'Wasteland Words', and by John Astin, 'This Is Always Enough'.

When I worked as a lecturer, I had a colleague who said "The trouble with students is that they are always at your feet or at your throat." The same could be said of devotees. My colleague's words are a wonderfully concise summary of the problem of projection.

We really are like fish discussing how to get more in touch with the sea.

We feel dissatisfaction because we have a nagging sense that somehow, somewhere, we've lost something. This is because we really have lost something.