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Meditation means to be constantly extricating yourself from the clinging of mind._x000D__x000D_ By letting go of even the thought 'I,' and 'me' what is left? _x000D__x000D_There is nowhere to stand and no one to stand there. _x000D__x000D_No separation anywhere. _x000D__x000D_Pure awareness. _x000D__x000D_Neither this, nor that. _x000D__x000D_Just clarity and being.

The affairs of the world will go on forever, do not delay the practice of meditation. _x000D__x000D_Once you have met with the profound instructions from a meditation master,_x000D__x000D_ with single pointed determination, set about realizing the Truth.

Thoughts are impediments to seeing your deepest nature._x000D__x000D_ Don't give rise to any thought, and discover who you are. _x000D__x000D_That ocean of eternal peace is you. _x000D__x000D_What is the difficulty that we suffer from? _x000D__x000D_It is that we seek peace elsewhere and do not experience that we are peace incarnate itself.

Awareness is the greatest alchemy there is. _x000D__x000D_Just go on becoming more and more aware _x000D__x000D_ you will find your life changing for the better in every possible dimension. _x000D__x000D_It will bring great fulfilment

When you meditate the glory of the Divine shines forth. _x000D__x000D_You realize then that all along there was something tremendous within you and you did not know it.

The everyday practice is simply to develop a complete acceptance and openness to all situations and emotions _x000D__x000D_and to all people, experiencing everything totally without mental reservations and blockages, _x000D__x000D_so that one never withdraws or centralizes into oneself.

The basic nature of all conscious beings is 'self-existing wakefulness'. _x000D__x000D_Self-existing meaning spontaneous or without effort and wakefulness meaning natural awareness. _x000D__x000D_To ignore our basic nature, is to wander in fear and confusion, _x000D__x000D_to directly realise our essential nature is to be Enlightened.

True mindfulness is the awareness that everything you encounter _x000D__x000D_is a vigorous expression of the same living universe as you.

We should cast aside all childish games that fetter and exhaust body, speech and mind._x000D__x000D_ Stretching out in inconceivable nonaction, in the unstructured matrix, the actuality of emptiness, _x000D__x000D_where the natural perfection of reality lies, we should gaze at the uncontrived sameness of every experience, _x000D__x000D_all conditioning and ambition resolved with finality.

The ultimate meditation is: surrender to reality. _x000D__x000D_The more you fight, the more you are in conflict with it, the more you will be a loser. _x000D__x000D_In deep surrender, the ego disappears. _x000D__x000D_And when the ego is not there, for the first time you become aware of that which has always been there.

The Buddha said that all conscious beings possess an enlightened nature. _x000D__x000D_Because of that, we have this natural purity, peacefulness and power. _x000D__x000D_We can rest the mind naturally because we are already in possession of these qualities. _x000D__x000D_If one can rest the mind naturally, that's the best meditation.

An enlightened awareness is within each one of us, right at this moment. _x000D__x000D_This enlightened awareness is truly unborn and marvellously illuminating; and everything is perfectly managed by it. _x000D__x000D_Conclusively realise that what is unborn and illuminating is truly awakened and without effort, _x000D__x000D_rest naturally as the Unborn Mind. _x000D__x000D_Resting in this way, you are a living Buddha.

Have good trust in yourself,_x000D__x000D_not in the One that you think you should be, _x000D__x000D_but in the One that you are.

Wisdom leads to unity, but ignorance to separation. _x000D__x000D_So long as God seems to be outside and far away, there is ignorance. _x000D__x000D_But when God is realised within, that is true knowledge.

I don't mind what happens. That is the essence of inner freedom. _x000D__x000D_It is a timeless spiritual truth: release attachment to outcomes, _x000D__x000D_deep inside yourself, you'll feel good no matter what.

Since pure awareness of nowness is real Enlightenment, _x000D__x000D_in openness and contentment I found the Truth in my heart. _x000D__x000D_By simply relaxing in this uncontrived, open, and natural state, _x000D__x000D_we obtain the quality of effortless freedom of whatever arises.

Meditation is for you to realise that the deepest nature of your existence is beyond thoughts and emotions, _x000D__x000D_that it is incredibly vast and interconnected with all other beings.

Caught in the self-centered dream, only suffering;_x000D__x000D_holding to self-centered thoughts, exactly the dream;_x000D__x000D_each moment, life as it is, the only teacher;_x000D__x000D_being just this moment, compassion's way.

To be free from bondage the wise person must practise discrimination between One-Self and the ego-self. _x000D__x000D_By that alone you will become full of joy, recognising Self as Pure Being, Consciousness and Bliss.

The appearances of the world are not the problem,_x000D__x000D_ it's clinging to them that causes suffering

To meditate means to realize inwardly the imperturbability of the Essence of Mind. _x000D__x000D_The reason why we are perturbed is because we allow ourselves to be carried away by the circumstances we are in. Those who are able to keep their mind unperturbed, irrespective of circumstances, have attained Inner Peace.