[Helpers] More quotes
by way of Mystress Angelique Serpent <Mystress@fire-serpent.com>
Druout at aol.com
Mon May 16 12:18:33 PDT 2005
*** Hillary has been collecting quotes for my book. I thought to redirect
her post here, and use some of them for the course. If any of you have
great quotes I could use, please send them!
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Dear Angelique,
Here's another batch. They are all from Talks.
Much love, Hillary
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The Divine Beloved:
Question: How will the sexual impulse cease.
Maharshi: When differentiation ceases
Question How can it be effected?
Maharshi: The other sex and its relation are only mental concepts. The
Upanishad says that all are dear because the Self is beloved of all. One's
happiness is within; the love is of the Self only. It is only within; do
not think it to be without: Then differentiation ceases to operate.
Right and wrong:
What is right and wrong? There is no standard by which to judge something
to be right and another to be wrong. Opionions differ according to the
nature of the individual and according to the surroundings. They are again
ideas and nothing more. Do not worry about them. But get rid of
thoughts. if you always remain in the right, then right will prevail in
the world. P. 428
Gurus:
The Guru may be internal or external. He may reveal Himself internally or
communicate externally. p. 254
Catalepsy?
After the mind ceases to exist and bliss of peace has been realized, one
will find it then as difficult to bring out a thought...The bliss of peace
is too good to be disturbed....The thought-free state is one's primal state
and full of bliss. Is it not miserable to leave such a state for the
thought-ridden and unhappy one? p. 291
Goddess has it handled:
Question: Are we to keep anything against a rainy day: or to live a
precarious life for spiritual attainments? Marharshi: God looks after
everything. p. 343
Pain:
If there be pain let it be. It is also part of the Self. The Self is
*poorna* (perfect). p. 350
Philosophy:
I was indeed fortunate that I never took to it. [complex philosophy]. Had
I taken to it I would probably be no where--always in confusion. p. 362
When ready:
Everything happens in its own time. The one who is ready for the absolute
knowledge will be made somehow to hear of it and follow it up. p. 381
Siddhis:
The occult powers (siddhis) are...only in the mind. They are not natural
to the Self. That which is not natural but acquired, cannot be permanent,
and is not worth striving for p. 17
Question: But the sages Vasishta and Valmiki possessed such powers?
It might have been their fate to develop such powers (siddhis) side by side
with their wisdom (jnana). Why should you aim at that which is not
essential but apt to prove a hindrance to wisdom (jnana)? p. 36
Work?:
Do actions without caring for the result. Do not think that you are the
doer. Dedicate the work to God. That is the skill land also the way to
gain it. p. 282
The Self as God:
The Self is known to every one but not clearly. You always exist. The
Be-ing is the Self 'I am" is the name of God..."I AM THAT I AM.
The Absolute Being is what is. It is the Self. It is God. Knowing the
Self, God is known. In fact God is none other than the Self.
God is an unknown entity. Moreover He is external. Whereas, the Self is
always with you and it is you. Why do you leave out what is intimate and
go in for what is external?
Nonduality?
question: Is God apart from the Self?
Maharshi: The Self is God. "I AM" is God. "I am the Self, O
Gudakesa!" (Ahamatma Gudakesa)
This question arises because you are holding the ego self. This will not
arise if you hold the True Self. For the Real Self will not and cannot ask
anything. If God be apart from the Self He must be a Self-less God, which
is absurd. p. 333
Hatha Yoga:
Hathayoga is a cleaning process. p. 336
Meditation:
When Dhyana is well-established it cannot be given up. It will go on
automatically even when you are engaged in work, play or enjoyment. p. 338
Lights:
The yogis are said to see photisms of colours and lights preliminary to
Self-Realisation by the practice of yoga. p. 167
Bliss:
The sign of realization would be Bliss. p. 165
Bliss is not something to be got. On the other hand you are always
Bliss p. 102
There is nothing new to get. You have, on the other hand, to get rid of
your ignorance which makes you think that you are other than Bliss. p. 102 ?
Question: What are the obstacles to remaining steady in unbroken Bliss?...
Maharshi: The obstacles are:
1. ignorance which is forgetfulness of one's pure being.
2. Doubt which consists in wondering if even the experience was of the
Real or of the unreal...p. 690?
My reward consists in your permanent unbroken Bliss. Do not slip away from
it.
Misery: ...our aim is removal of misery. You do not acquire
happiness. Your very nature is happiness. Bliss is not newly earned. All
that is done is to remove unhappiness. p. 252
Pleasure/pain:
One should not be elated on having his desire fulfilled or disappointed on
being frustrated. To be elated on the fulfilment of desire is so
deceitful. Again will certainly be lost ultimately. Therefore elation
must end in pain at a future date. One should not give place to feelings
of pleasure or pain, come what may. ...Accept with equanimity whatever
happens. Make effort, but do not be lost in the result. For pleasure and
Pain are mere mental modes. They have no relation to other objective
realities. p. 573
Food:
When asked if there are any food restrictions, Sri Bhagavan said: "Mita
hita bhuk" -- Agreeable food in moderate quantity. p. 134
Chakras:
Sri Ramana Gita says "granthi (knot=bondage), snapped once, is snapped for
ever.
Thought forms?
Question: Sri Ramakrishna saw life in the image of Kali...can it be true?
Maharshi: The vital force was due to himself. It was his own vital force
which manifested as if it were outside and drew him in... p. 543
Questioner: The heart-knot is said to be between the
eyebrows. Maharshi: Some say "between the eyebrows"; others "at the
coccyx", and so on. All these are from the standpoint of the body. p. 303
Chakras?
Question: Sri Aurobindo says that the Light which resides in the head must
be brought down to the heart below.
Maharshi: Is not the Self already in the Heart? How can the all-pervading
Self be taken from one place to another? p. 137
Surrender:
Surrender to Him and abide by His will whether he appears or vanishes;
await His pleasure. If you ask Him to do as *you* please, it is not
surrender but command to Him. You cannot have Him obey you and yet think
that you have surrendered. He knows what is best and when and how to do
it. Leave everything entirely to Him. His is the burden: you have no
longer any cares. All your cares are His. Such is surrender. This is
bhakti. p. 425
Surrender once and for all and be done with desire. So long as the sense
of doership is retained there is the desire; that is also personality. if
this goes the Self is found to shine forth pure. p. 303
Your duty is *to be*: and not *to be this or that*. "I AM that I AM" sums
up the whole truth. p. 333
Fate:
The purpose of one's birth will be fulfilled whether you will it or
not. Let the purpose fulfill itself. p. 156
Love:
Maharshi: Bliss is the Self. The Self. All become dear only owing to the
love of Self.
Question: Love postulates duality. How can the Self be the object of love?
Maharshi: Love is not different from the Self. Love of an object is of
an inferior order and cannot endure. Whereas the Self is Love in other
words, God is Love. p. 401
The Divine Beloved:
Question: How will the sexual impulse cease.
Maharshi: When differentiation ceases
Question How can it be effected?
Maharshi: The other sex and its relation are only mental concepts. The
Upanishad says that all are dear because the Self is beloved of all. One's
happiness is within; the love is of the Self only. It is only within; do
not think it to be without: Then differentiation ceases to operate.
Right and wrong:
What is right and wrong? There is no standard by which to judge something
to be right and another to be wrong. Opionions differ according to the
nature of the individual and according to the surroundings. They are again
ideas and nothing more. Do not worry about them. But get rid of
thoughts. if you always remain in the right, then right will prevail in
the world. P. 428
Gurus:
The Guru may be internal or external. He may reveal Himself internally or
communicate externally. p. 254
Catalepsy?
After the mind ceases to exist and bliss of peace has been realized, one
will find it then as difficult to bring out a thought...The bliss of peace
is too good to be disturbed....The thought-free state is one's primal state
and full of bliss. Is it not miserable to leave such a state for the
thought-ridden and unhappy one? p. 291
Goddess has it handled:
Question: Are we to keep anything against a rainy day: or to live a
precarious life for spiritual attainments? Marharshi: God looks after
everything. p. 343
Pain:
If there be pain let it be. It is also part of the Self. The Self is
*poorna* (perfect). p. 350
Philosophy:
I was indeed fortunate that I never took to it. [complex philosophy]. Had
I taken to it I would probably be no where--always in confusion. p. 362
When ready:
Everything happens in its own time. The one who is ready for the absolute
knowledge will be made somehow to hear of it and follow it up. p. 381
Siddhis:
The occult powers (siddhis) are...only in the mind. They are not natural
to the Self. That which is not natural but acquired, cannot be permanent,
and is not worth striving for p. 17
Question: But the sages Vasishta and Valmiki possessed such powers?
It might have been their fate to develop such powers (siddhis) side by side
with their wisdom (jnana). Why should you aim at that which is not
essential but apt to prove a hindrance to wisdom (jnana)? p. 36
Work?:
Do actions without caring for the result. Do not think that you are the
doer. Dedicate the work to God. That is the skill land also the way to
gain it. p. 282
The Self as God:
The Self is known to every one but not clearly. You always exist. The
Be-ing is the Self 'I am" is the name of God..."I AM THAT I AM.
The Absolute Being is what is. It is the Self. It is God. Knowing the
Self, God is known. In fact God is none other than the Self.
God is an unknown entity. Moreover He is external. Whereas, the Self is
always with you and it is you. Why do you leave out what is intimate and
go in for what is external?
Nonduality?
question: Is God apart from the Self?
Maharshi: The Self is God. "I AM" is God. "I am the Self, O
Gudakesa!" (Ahamatma Gudakesa)
This question arises because you are holding the ego self. This will not
arise if you hold the True Self. For the Real Self will not and cannot ask
anything. If God be apart from the Self He must be a Self-less God, which
is absurd. p. 333
Hatha Yoga:
Hathayoga is a cleaning process. p. 336
Meditation:
When Dhyana is well-established it cannot be given up. It will go on
automatically even when you are engaged in work, play or enjoyment. p. 338
Lights:
The yogis are said to see photisms of colours and lights preliminary to
Self-Realisation by the practice of yoga. p. 167
Bliss:
The sign of realization would be Bliss. p. 165
Bliss is not something to be got. On the other hand you are always
Bliss p. 102
There is nothing new to get. You have, on the other hand, to get rid of
your ignorance which makes you think that you are other than Bliss. p. 102 ?
Question: What are the obstacles to remaining steady in unbroken Bliss?...
Maharshi: The obstacles are:
1. ignorance which is forgetfulness of one's pure being.
2. Doubt which consists in wondering if even the experience was of the
Real or of the unreal...p. 690?
My reward consists in your permanent unbroken Bliss. Do not slip away from
it.
Misery: ...our aim is removal of misery. You do not acquire
happiness. Your very nature is happiness. Bliss is not newly earned. All
that is done is to remove unhappiness. p. 252
Pleasure/pain:
One should not be elated on having his desire fulfilled or disappointed on
being frustrated. To be elated on the fulfilment of desire is so
deceitful. Again will certainly be lost ultimately. Therefore elation
must end in pain at a future date. One should not give place to feelings
of pleasure or pain, come what may. ...Accept with equanimity whatever
happens. Make effort, but do not be lost in the result. For pleasure and
Pain are mere mental modes. They have no relation to other objective
realities. p. 573
Food:
When asked if there are any food restrictions, Sri Bhagavan said: "Mita
hita bhuk" -- Agreeable food in moderate quantity. p. 134
Chakras:
Sri Ramana Gita says "granthi (knot=bondage), snapped once, is snapped for
ever.
Thought forms?
Question: Sri Ramakrishna saw life in the image of Kali...can it be true?
Maharshi: The vital force was due to himself. It was his own vital force
which manifested as if it were outside and drew him in... p. 543
Questioner: The heart-knot is said to be between the
eyebrows. Maharshi: Some say "between the eyebrows"; others "at the
coccyx", and so on. All these are from the standpoint of the body. p. 303
Chakras?
Question: Sri Aurobindo says that the Light which resides in the head must
be brought down to the heart below.
Maharshi: Is not the Self already in the Heart? How can the all-pervading
Self be taken from one place to another? p. 137
Surrender:
Surrender to Him and abide by His will whether he appears or vanishes;
await His pleasure. If you ask Him to do as *you* please, it is not
surrender but command to Him. You cannot have Him obey you and yet think
that you have surrendered. He knows what is best and when and how to do
it. Leave everything entirely to Him. His is the burden: you have no
longer any cares. All your cares are His. Such is surrender. This is
bhakti. p. 425
Surrender once and for all and be done with desire. So long as the sense
of doership is retained there is the desire; that is also personality. if
this goes the Self is found to shine forth pure. p. 303
Your duty is *to be*: and not *to be this or that*. "I AM that I AM" sums
up the whole truth. p. 333
Fate:
The purpose of one's birth will be fulfilled whether you will it or
not. Let the purpose fulfill itself. p. 156
Love:
Maharshi: Bliss is the Self. The Self. All become dear only owing to the
love of Self.
Question: Love postulates duality. How can the Self be the object of love?
Maharshi: Love is not different from the Self. Love of an object is of
an inferior order and cannot endure. Whereas the Self is Love in other
words, God is Love. p. 401
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