Occupation: Philosopher Birth: April 17, 1897 Death: September 8, 1981
Nothing can trouble you but your own imagination..
If you are angry or in pain, separate yourself from anger and pain and watch them. Externalization is the first step to liberation..
If you seek reality you must set yourself free of all backgrounds, of all cultures, of all patterns of thinking and feeling. Even the idea of being m….
Instead of searching for what you do not have, find out what it is that you have never lost..
When pain is accepted for what it is, a lesson and a warning, and deeply looked into and heeded, the separation between pain and pleasure breaks down….
To know that you are a prisoner of your mind is the dawn of wisdom..
Once you realize that the world is your own projection, you are free of it. You need not free yourself of a world that does not exist, except in your….
The moment you know your real being, you are afraid of nothing. Death gives freedom and power. To be free in the world, you must die to the world. Th….
Realize that your world is only a reflection of yourself and stop finding fault with the reflection. Attend to yourself, set yourself right; mentally….
In the mirror of your mind all kinds of pictures appear and disappear. Knowing that they are entirely your own creations, watch them silently come an….
It is always the false that makes you suffer, the false desires and fears, the false values and ideas, the false relationships between people. Abando….
When I look inside and see that I'm nothing, that's wisdom. When I look outside and see that I'm everything, that's love. And between these two, my l….
There is only one meditation - the rigorous refusal to harbor thoughts..
It is only your self-identification with your mind that makes you happy or unhappy. Rebel against your slavery to your mind, see your bonds as self-c….
Pain is physical; suffering is mental. Beyond the mind there is no suffering. Pain is essential for the survival of the body, but none compels you to….
Once you realize that the road is the goal and that you are always on the road, not to reach a goal, but to enjoy its beauty and its wisdom, life cea….
Shift your attention from words to silence and you will hear..
Know yourself to be the changeless witness of the changeful mind. That is enough..
There is no need of a way out! Don't you see that a way out is also part of the dream All you have to do is see the dream as dream. ...Wherever it le….
When you demand nothing of the world, nor of God, when you want nothing, seek nothing, expect nothing, then the supreme state will come to you uninvi….
You are not what you think yourself to be, I assure you. The image you have of yourself is made up from memories and is purely accidental..