You are the Silence beneath sound You are the Stillness around movement You are the Space where life unfolds

This has been my experience too

The ego's phenomenal existence is transcended when you dive into the source from where the 'I'-thought rises. - Ramana Maharshi

Joseph Campbell, in conversation with Bill Moyers, on confronting one's inner dragon—the ego.

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The ordinary man is personally concerned, he counts his risks & chances, while the jnani remains aloof, sure that all will happen as it must; and it does not matter much what happens, for ultimately the return to balance and harmony is inevitable. The heart of things is at peace.

Detach yourself from all that makes your mind restless. Renounce all that disturbs its peace. If you want peace, deserve it. SRI NISARGADATTA MAHARAJ

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"One mark of a smart person is the ability to learn from people they don't like." — Shane Parrish

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“The Age of Reason saw in alchemy nothing but a form of primitive chemistry, whose practitioners laboured in a rather utopian fashion to change base metal into gold. This super-rational viewpoint came to be the one most widely accepted, despite the reiteration of the alchemists

Perceiving yourself as “better than” other people is a sign of repressed emotions. And you can’t repress emotions without repressing joy. I have never met anyone who is both deeply joyful and also harbors a sense of superiority.

There's something beautifully humble in Thomas Moore's approach to therapy that many of us could learn from when another chooses to open up and share their soul with us in whatever capacity. From his book, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘦-𝘌𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦.

When I look beyond the mind, I see the witness. Beyond the witness, there is infinite intensity of emptiness and silence. ~ Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

What is most needed for learning is a humble mind. - Confucius

“How could you love me? *You are what I am*. How could I hate you? *I am what you are.*” — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj