Quotes About Existence

The intricate maze of philosophy of the various schools is said to clarify matters and to reveal the Truth, but in fact it creates confusion where none need exist. To understand anything there must be the Self. The Self is obvious, so why not remain as the Self? What need to explain the non-self?

You are That, here and now. (p. 77)

Questioner: Can one read others minds? Ramana Maharshi: Where are others apart from one's own Self?

Consciousness is indeed always with us. Everyone knows 'I am!' No one can deny his own being.

After negating all of the above mentioned as 'not this', 'not this', that Awareness which alone remains – that I am.

Therefore, when the world appears (to be real), the Self does not appear; and when the Self appears (shines) the world does not appear.

Dristim jnanamayim kritva, pasyet Brahmamayam jagat. By making your standpoint that of wisdom, the world will be seen only as God. (p. 153)

If that had been your destiny the question would not have arisen.

Self is only Being – not this or that. It is Simple Being. BE, and that is the end of ignorance. Your duty is not to be this or that. I am that I am sums up the whole truth. The method is summed up in the words Be still. Be as you really are. Be yourself and nothing more. Remain aware of yourself and all else will be known

A man conscious of his pain is more real than a man who is unconscious of his happiness thus exhibiting his unreal nature.

ART is the medium through which you express the inexpressible, convey the unconveyable, transporting the audience in different realms of existence erasing their mental identities. Any effort by the artist to make an personal identity is detrimental in an artistic sense. Be Wiser, leave no residue dissolve in ART!

Don't just THINK about life, BREATHE LIFE!

Energy is everything - Its the essence of life!"

Existence always helps those who live in tune with their nature!

Find your I first and then dissolve in it!

Life is neither easy nor complex, it's just mysterious, rejoice every moment of life with awareness!

Of all the species that god created, man is the most fragile and certainly uncertain and unreliable, believe me!

Of all the species that god created, man is the most fragile and certainly uncertain!

Only once in a while you become aware of your intrinsic nature, with sudden bursts of empty spaces, without any effort on your part, you come home, rejoice every breath so deep and so soothing, you relax, unfocused, you skip into timelessness. This is the greatest mystery, the greatest gift of existence, without any identification to your senses, no clutches of your old patterns of mind. Few Glimpses of Heaven on the earth! I have experienced, have you?

Perfection exists no where, because we all live in fragments - mental, psychological, physical, spiritual. Being total is an art which takes many lives to master!

Sanity exists only in books, while Insanity rules our lives!

The fact is very few men live harmoniously, while most of us survive miraculously!

The point is there is no point in life! Just live the Moment!

There is Mind and there is Life! What would you Choose?"