I can't give you happiness. I can show you where it is, but I can't give it to you. How can I give you what you already have? You have to get it yourself, inside your mind.
When you meditate, you are shifting your state of mind to a higher vibratory level that will give you a much more expansive view.
Meditation will give you the power to overcome fear. As you sit and meditate each day, it makes you stronger. The energy of the universe flows through your mind, your body, and your life.
You have to learn to be very, very gentle to start with - with yourself eventually. Meditation is not something that you force. It is something that happens to you because life gives you a gift.
The directions for meditation that Sri Krishna gives are very exacting. He tells Arjuna exactly how to get past all the things that cause suffering and transient pleasure to something that is perpetual ecstasy. His directions are that exact.
Practicing zazen and mindfulness constantly and correctly, over a period of time, can bring strength and clarity to your finite mind and eventually give you access to your infinite mind.
To be in thousands of states of mind simultaneously as you perform simple physical tasks gives you a reverence for life. Each of these outer manifestations of life is God.
The person who gives selflessly in this lifetime immediately goes into a better state of mind. That is instant karma.
Enlightenment is really worth seeking. It is the only thing that gives you permanent happiness. When you experience the ecstasy of enlightenment, everything is alright.
The one thing you can give God that will truly impress God is freindship. God is an eternal companion who is with you all the time - never judges, just is.
We label things through value systems that we have developed. But nothing is or is not unless we feel it is that way. We give ground to reality by creating it.
Your life either takes your energy or gives you energy. Set up your life so that it gives you energy.
Make lists. Write down the things that give you power. Write down the things that take your power away also. Make lists of people close to you. Are you associations raising you to a higher level of attention?
You have to be careful that in giving energy, you do not allow yourself to be excessively drained or used.
If you are afraid of someone, you immediately give them an advantage and give them entry to your awareness field.
A lot of people trash their subtle physical body with psychedelic drugs. While they do certainly give you experiences in altered levels of attention, you pay a price for it. They definitely screw up the subtle physical. Hatha Yoga can be good for that.
When you love someone, you shouldn't feel that they should love in return. You have to give people freedom.
The throat chakra is the center that is aesthetic. It gives an appreciation of beauty.
