Quotes About Clarity

The essence of yoga, as we have said before, is just this—to arrive at that moment where there is a clear space between you and your mind.

One should use information and logic as a drunkard would use a lamp post – only for support, not for illumination.

So the whole process of spirituality is just about enhancing your perception. Unfortunately if I use the word 'spirituality,' people think they will have to chant or go sit in the temple, church or mosque, or that they have to give up their food and clothing. Spirituality is not about that. It's about enhancing your perception. The

The moment you get strongly identified, you lose your perspective on life!

If you are free from memory and imagination, you will always be meditative. If you release yourself from these, meditation is just natural. When you sit for meditation, what is your basic problem? You are either thinking about tomorrow or thinking about what happened yesterday

The first thing is to stand up and be sensible. To handle this body, to handle this mind, to handle these emotions, things that are within you right now, to handle them sensibly. If

If creativity has to happen, we have to develop a certain level of un-distortedness in the mind. If you carry the baggage of life with you all the time, you cannot see anything the way it is.

So, as you do the practice, if you are connected with your consciousness, then the mind is just free. It is so free that everything that you have smelled, tasted, touched, heard and seen is all there. You don't have to try to remember anything; it is all simply there. You can just pull it back. Memory is not about remembering, memory is just about your ability to bring back the data, isn't it?

Discern the real from the illusory, what is existentially true from what is psychologically true.

Guru" literally means "dispeller of darkness." The function of the guru, contrary to popular belief, is not to teach, indoctrinate, or convert. The guru is here to throw light on dimensions beyond your sensory perceptions and your psychological drama, dimensions that you are currently unable to perceive. The guru is here, fundamentally, to throw light on the very nature of your existence.

Seeking is not about looking for something. It is about enhancing your perception, your very faculty of seeing.

If you simply commit yourself to creating what you really care for, now once again your thoughts get organized in such a way that there are no hurdles. Your thoughts flow freely toward what you want, and once this happens, the manifestation of your desire is a natural consequence.

Once your thoughts get organized, your emotions will also get organized. Gradually, your energies and body get organized in the same direction as well.

It is a distorted perception if you think that just by looking through a keyhole, you have seen the world.

I gave her just one guidance: "Never look up to anyone; never look down on anyone." If people practiced this simple sadhana, they would see everything just the way it is. If you look up to someone, you will exaggerate their positive qualities; if you look down on someone, you will exaggerate their negative qualities. But if you simply look—not for something, but just look—you will see things just as they are.

Guru" literally means "dispeller of darkness.

You have pursued so much for your well-being: your home, your business, your car, your spouse, your child, your club membership. But look back now and see: have you caught the fish, or has the fish caught you?

If you keep the false conclusions at bay, truth will dawn.

One fundamental requirement for anybody who wishes to grow on the spiritual path is to have an un-deviated flow of energy towards one and only one goal in life: to attain to the highest and not settle for anything less than that.

Truth does not change, only our awareness of it.

No one will know who we are... until we now who we are! We will be able to go anywhere until we know where we are!

I had learned early one important thing, and that was to always teach in terms that the people could understand.

Wer nicht weiß, was die Welt ist, der weiß auch nicht, wo er lebt. Wer aber den Zweck ihres Daseins nicht kennt, der weiß weder, wer er selbst, noch was die Welt ist. Wem aber eins von diesen Stücken fehlt, der kann auch wohl seine eigene Bestimmung nicht angeben. In welchem Lichte erscheint dir nun ein Mensch, welcher um den lauten Beifall derer buhlt, die nicht wissen, wo, noch wer sie selbst sind?

Stop swimming around in your own mind. That is a dangerous neighborhood that you should not go into alone.