We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.
What parents inculcate in the child is permanently there because childhood is the most impressionable time of life.
Thoughts are the medium through which the ego, the limited self, appears and paves the way for all our likes and dislikes, pleasure and pain.
Fight with yourself, why fight with external foes? He, who overcomes self will obtain happiness.
At any time, in any form and accepted name, if one is shorn of all attachment, that one is you alone. My Lord! You are one although variously appearing.
If you have known yourself, you have known everything else. Know that, by knowing which, you will know everything else. The Bible says, “Seek that kingdom within you.” Once you have found that, then everything else will be automatically added unto you; you don’t have to go looking for things outside; they will all come to you.
