Quotes About Understanding

To him who has had the experience no explanation is necessary, to him who has not, none is possible.

If you want to be surrounded by Souls, become identified with your Soul. It takes one to know one!

I didn't arrive at my understanding of the fundamental laws of the universe through my rational mind."—A. Einstein

Those who know do not talk And talkers do not know."—Tao Te Ching

It is only when you begin to understand that if you and I are truly in love, if I go to the place in me that is love and you to the place in you that is love we are 'together' in Love. We start to understand that what love means is that we are sharing a common state together. That state exists in you and it exists in me.

When you are already in Detroit, you don't have to take a bus to get there.

And suddenly I realized that he knew everything that was going on in my head, all the time, and that he still loved me. Because who we are is behind all that.

The art of listening comes from a quiet mind and an open heart.

Knowledge all by itself, without deep wisdom, ends up becoming despair.

Relationships only work in a spiritual sense when you and I really see that we are one.

At times Maharajji's behavior reminds me of a story Ramakrishna tells of a saint who asked a snake not to bite but to love everyone. The snake agreed. But then many people threw things at the snake. The saint found the snake all battered. "I didn't say not to hiss," said the saint.

This getting straight not only applies to people but to things as well, such as favorite music, disliked foods, special treats, avoided places, all your toys, etc. Everything must be rerun through your compassion machine.

As we acquire a certain degree of equanimity in self-image, we are that much more likely to feel empathy for those around us. We know what it's like to be a "self" moving through the world of "others." When someone feels particularly isolated or in pain, we don't need a great deal of information in order to come to his or her aid.

I found that the chief difficulty for most people was to realize that they had really heard 'new things': that is, things that they had never heard before. They kept translating what they heard into their habitual language. They had ceased to hope and believe there might be anything new."—Ouspensky

To him who has had the experience no explanation is necessary, to him who has not, none is possible." And

The true devotees of God never wear saffron, carry malas (prayer beads), or put on sandalwood. You can't know them unless they want it, and then you can only know them as much as they allow.

If you observe well, your own heart will answer."—de Lubicz

Love is essentially self-communicative. Those who do not have it catch it from those who have it.

you base your faith on experience, your faith is

Whose presence reveals how subtle is the path of Love.

If you wear shoeleather, the whole earth is covered with leather.

No matter what someone else does to you, never put anyone out of your heart.

Compassion simply stated is leaving other people alone.

The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities; but to know someone here and there who thinks and feels with us, and who, though distant is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.