Nature of Spirit

  The spirit is the only thing that is free within, which has no hang-ups, which has no habits, which does not stick on to anything, is completely detached and emitting joy to us. 1982 – July 11, Public Program Derby, UK

Truth Not Ego

Before knowing the truth, if you depend on your intelligence, you can be misled completely. Intelligence that is without the spiritual insight is your own ego. After Realization, the truth that comes to you is the real, pure truth and is not your ego. 1984 – July 10, Public Program, …

Peace Within

When we are not realized, we are moving on the periphery, like a wheel and we are disturbed. But a realized soul is on the axis, which is silent. So he has the peace within himself. 1990 – October 17, Press Interview Bucharest, Romania

Self Satisfied

So spirituality itself should be self satisfying.  If you are spiritually endowed, then you are self satisfied.  And this self satisfaction within you will lead you to that ocean of joy about which I’ve been telling you and all the scriptures have described. July 28, 1996, Cabella Italy

Protection

The main thing is you have to be under the protection of spirituality, under the protection of morality, under the protection of divine laws.  If you’re not under that protection, you can get caught up into anything. 1994 – Dec. 27, Ganapatipule, India

Tree of Spirituality

After Self-Realisation it is easy to perceive the truth that all these religions were born on the same tree of spirituality, but that those in charge of each religion plucked the flowers from the living source and are now fighting each other with the dead flowers of merely partial truths. …

Protection

  The main thing is, you have to be under the protection of spirituality, under the protection of morality, under the protection of Divine Laws.  If you’re not under that protection, you can get caught up into anything. 1994 – December 27, Ganapatipule, India