Quotes from Gurumayi Chidvilasananda

Only love can penetrate all your karmas and resistances and set your heart on fire with the awareness of its true nature.

The supreme attainment of human life is divine bliss. Divine bliss is the nature of the Self.

Let your heart become so saturated with love that you are able to ride the waves of change with equipoise, and find new meaning in everything that happens.

You obtain God only when you get rid of the notion of separateness from God.

When you meditate, the silence of the senses illumines the presence of God within.

God is without visible form, yet in the heart, God is revealed.

You must...know that you are great. Never forget that. It is where true joy lies.

Approach the present with your heart's consent. Make it a blessed event.

Recognize that you have the courage within you to fulfill the purpose of your birth. Summon forth the power of your inner courage and live the life of your dreams.

Recognize that you have the courage within you to fulfill the purpose of your birth. Summon forth the power of your inner courage and live the life of your dreams.

Let your heart become so saturated with love that you are able to ride the waves of change with equipoise, and find new meaning in everything that happens.

Trust is transcendent, resolute, universal, sacred and tolerant.

Greatness exists like an ocean within you. Why do you want to act like a fish out of water, wriggling on the sand under the scorching sun? Look! The water is just one millimeter away! Jump in!

What is the best way to go beyond self-interest and obsession with personal demands, needs and disappointments? The answer is: Whatever you do, may it benefit everyone.