Words

(to ponder and contemplate)

"Just as the reflection of the sun on agitated waters seems to break up, but remains perfect on a calm surface, so also am I, the conscious Self, unrecognizable in agitated intellects though I clearly shine in those which are calm." - Hastamalaka Stotra

"When meditation is mastered, the mind is unwavering like the flame of a lamp in a windless place. In the still mind, in the depths of meditation, the Self reveals itself. Beholding the Self by means of the Self, an aspirant knows the joy and peace of complete fulfillment. Having attained that abiding joy beyond the senses, revealed in the stilled mind, he never swerves from the eternal truth. He desires nothing else, and cannot be shaken by the heaviest burden of sorrow." Bhagavad Gita, 6.19-22

"What is the path of enquiry for understanding the nature of the mind? That which rises a "I" in this body is the mind. If one enquires as to where in the body the thought "I" rises first, one would discover that it rises in the heart. That is the place of the mind's origin. Even if one thinks constantly "I-I", one will be led to that place. Of all the thoughts that arise in the mind, the "I" thought is the first. It is only after the rise of this, that the other thoughts arise. It is after the appearance of the first personal pronoun that the second and third personal pronouns appear; without the first personal pronoun there will not be the second and third." Sri Ramana Maharshi, "Who Am I?"

"It is not those who lack energy or refrain from action, but those who work without expectation of reward who attain the goal of meditation (and high understanding). Theirs is true renunciation. Bhagavad Gita, 6.1-2

"As a person acts, so he becomes in life. Those who do good become good; those who do harm become bad. Good deeds make one pure; bad deeds make one impure. So we are said to be what our desire is. As our desire is, so is our will. As our will is, so are our acts. As we act, so we become." Brihadaranyaka Upanishad Chapter 4 Verse 4/5

"When you keep thinking about sense objects, attachment comes. Attachment breeds desire, the lust of possession that burns to anger. Anger clouds the judgement; you can no longer learn from past mistakes. Lost is the power to choose between what is wise and what is unwise, and your life is utter waste. But when you move amidst the world of sense, free from attachment and aversion alike, there comes the peace in which all sorrows end, and you live in the wisdom of the Self." Bhagavad Gita 2.62-65

"What is the nature of the Self? What exists in truth is the Self alone. The world, the individual soul, and God are appearances in it, like silver in mother of pearl; these three appear at the same time, and disappear at the same time. The Self is that where there is absolutely no "I" thought. That is called "Silence". The Self itself is the world; the Self itself is "I"; the Self itself is God; all is Siva, the Self." Sri Ramana Maharshi, "Who Am I?"

More "Words" will follow in the future, stay tuned

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