All posts in Self

Forgetting your true nature and looking for happiness in external ways, that is the basic ignorance: Avidya, 1st klesha. - Integral Yoga

The Basic Ignorance

Whenever you get into any negative thought or problem, remember: I’m not the body, not the mind, immortal Self I am! - Integral Yoga

Immortal Self I am!

Just bear in mind that sickness is the means by which an organism frees itself from what is alien. - Rainer Maria Rilke

Alien

Respect yourself, love yourself, because there has never been a person like you and there never will be again. - Osho

Love yourself

I have never met a person who has given me so much trouble as myself. Yet, I am happy to have learnt from my mistakes. - via Hinduism Today

Trouble

Who will be the happiest person? The one who brings happiness to others. - Swami Satchidananda

Happiest person

Empty yourself of everything. Let the mind rest at peace. The 10,000 things rise & fall while the Self watches their return. - Lao Tzu

Empty yourself

You never lose what you have given. - Swami Satchidananda

Lose

From the unreal lead me to the Real. From the darkness lead me to Light. From death lead me to Immortality. - Brihad-Aranyaka-Upanishad

Darkness to light

You are the master of your mind, & you have to keep it pure. Your responsibility ends there, the rest is God's business. - Swami Vijnanananda

God’s business