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Into a blinding darkness go they who worship action alone. Into an even greater darkness go they who worship meditation. For it is other than meditation, it is other than action. This we have heard from the enlightened ones. Meditation and action - he who knows these two together, through action leaves death behind and through meditation gains immortality. Into a blinding darkness go they who idolize the absolute, into an even greater darkness go they who dote on the relative. For it is other than the relative, it is other than the absolute. This we have heard from the enlightened ones. From Isha Upnishad

The eyes cannot approach it, neither can speech nor mind. We do not, therefore, know it, nor do we know how to teach it. It is different from what is known and it is different from what is unknown. Thus we have heard from our predecessors who instructed us about it. What speech cannot reveal but what reveals speech - know thou that alone as brahman and not this - anything objective - that people worship here. What mind does not comprehend but what comprehends the mind – know thou that alone as Brahman and not this that people worship here. From Kenopanishad

Difference is very less , we only think about doing crimes, those who are criminals have potential to do it. One man kills somebody, he is a murderer. And the same man in wartime kills thousands, he becomes a great hero. Alexander the great, Winston Churchill, Harry S.Truman are our heroes.

When Al-Hillaj Mansoor became enlightened and declared: “Ana’l haq — I am the truth.” And Mohammedans cannot forgive anybody saying this. Only god is truth. Calling yourself truth, you are indirectly calling yourself God. His Master, al-Junaid, tried to persuade him in many ways -- 'Don't say these things! Keep them inside you, because the people won't understand it and you will be getting into trouble unnecessarily!' Mansoor was tortured to death. His legs were cut off, his arms were cut off, they poked his eyes out. No one in history has been tortured more brutally. If you want to spread non-duality in a Muslim country, spread it through internet while living in a non-Muslim country, it will be good for your health. Spreading non-duality is not rewarding , you become enlightened yourself, it will be greatest contribution to this humanity.

”O son, long have you been caught in the noose of body-consciousness. Cut this noose with the sword of knowing ’I am awareness’ and be happy. That which is born, remains, increases, changes, deteriorates and perishes: you are not that. You are alone, void of action, self-illuminated and innocent. Your bondage is this: that you practice samadhi." ”This universe is permeated by you, it is strung on the thread of you. In reality you are pure consciousness by nature, do not become small-minded. You are unconcerned, unchanging, void of form, of cool disposition, fathomless intelligence, unperturbed. Thus have faith only in consciousness." ”Know that which has form is false, and know the formless as unchangeable and everlasting. From this teaching of the truth it is not possible to be born in the world again. Just as a mirror is the same inside and outside the image reflected in it, god is the same inside and outside this body. Just as the one all-pervading sky is the same inside and outside a pot, the eternal everlasting brahma is the same in all things.” From Ashtavakra Mahageeta

Ashtavakra’s message is crystal clear. You won’t be able to add even a small bit of your own interpretation to it. ”IF YOU CAN SEPARATE YOURSELF FROM THE PHYSICAL BODY, AND REST IN CONSCIOUSNESS, THEN THIS VERY MOMENT YOU WILL BE HAPPY, AT PEACE, AND FREE OF BONDAGE. " ”OH EXPANSIVE ONE, RELIGION AND ATHEISM, HAPPINESS AND MISERY – ALL ARE OF THE MIND, THEY ARE NOT FOR YOU. YOU ARE NOT THE DOER NOR THE ENJOYER. YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN LIBERATED.” ”YOU ARE THE ONE OBSERVER OF ALL, AND IN REALITY ALWAYS FREE. YOUR BONDAGE IS THIS: YOU SEE THE OTHER – NOT YOURSELF – AS THE OBSERVER." ” ’I AM THE DOER,’ THUS HAS THE BLACK SERPENT OF EGO BITTEN YOU. ’I AM NOT THE DOER,’ DRINK THIS NECTAR OF TRUST AND BE HAPPY." ”THIS IMAGINARY WORLD IS PROJECTED LIKE A SNAKE ON A ROPE. KNOWING THIS YOU ARE BLISS, ULTIMATE BLISS, THUS WANDER HAPPILY. HE WHO CONSIDERS HIMSELF FREE IS FREE, AND HE WHO CONSIDERS HIMSELF BOUND IS BOUND; BECAUSE IN THIS WORLD THE PROVERB IS TRUE: ’AS YOU THINK SO YOU ARE’. " ”ATMA IS THE WITNESS, ALL-PERVADING, PERFECT, ONE, FREE, CONSCIOUS, FREE FROM DOING, NONATTACHED, DESIRELESS, PEACEFUL. BECAUSE OF ILLUSION, IT LOOKS LIKE THE WORLD." ” ’I AM AN INDIVIDUALLY PROJECTED LIFE,’ DROP THIS ILLUSION AND ALSO THE FEELING OF INNER AND OUTER, AND AWAKEN IN THE THOUGHT THAT YOU ARE THE UNCHANGING, CONSCIOUS, NON-DUAL ATMA.” From Ashtavakra Mahageeta (It is not Krishna's Geeta)

Patanjali says in first sutra Athayoganushasanam. translation- NOW THE DISCIPLINE OF YOGA. First try to understand the word "now". This "now" indicates to the state of mind. If you are disillusioned, if you are hopeless, if you have completely become aware of the futility of all desires, if you see your life as meaningless - whatsoever you have been doing up to now has simply fallen dead nothing remains in the future, you are in absolute despair - what Kierkegaard calls anguish. If you are in anguish, suffering, not knowing what to do, not knowing where to go, not knowing to whom to look, just on the verge of madness or suicide or death, your whole pattern of life suddenly has become futile. If this moment has come, Patanjali says, NOW THE DISCIPLINE OF YOGA. Only now you can understand the science of yoga, the discipline of yoga. If that moment has not come, you can go on studying yoga, you can become a great scholar, but you will not be a yogi. You can write theses upon it, you can give discourses upon it, but you will not be a yogi. The moment has not come for you. Intellectually you can become interested, through your mind you can be related to yoga, but yoga is nothing if it is not a discipline. Yoga is not a shastra; it is not a scripture. It is a discipline. It is something you have to do. It is not curiosity; it is not philosophic speculation. It is deeper than that. It is a question of life and death. If the moment has come where you feel that all directions have become confused, all roads have disappeared; the future is dark, and every desire has become bitter, and through every desire you have known only disappointment; all movement into hopes and dreams has ceased. ~OSHO @okulele Read more about 'real meaning' of Yoga http://oshosearch.net/Convert/Articles_Osho/Yoga_The_Alpha_and_the_Omega_Volume_1/Osho-Yoga-The-Alpha-and-the-Omega-Volume-1-00000001.html http://oshosearch.net/Convert/Articles_Osho/Yoga_The_Alpha_and_the_Omega_Volume_1/Osho-Yoga-The-Alpha-and-the-Omega-Volume-1-index.html

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@luismatos For the cleansing of the stomach, very deep breathing is needed. Learn Yoga, Pranayam, deep rhythmic breathing, catharsis.

Love and blissfulness is your intrinsic nature, is not something that comes from anywhere. You have do many things; work really hard to become miserable.

No, Instant death is not going to transform you.

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." ◄ Matthew 5:3 ► Ego makes you feel that you are rich, that you are somebody, this and that. When the ego disappears and you are a nobody , that's what Jesus means by 'poor in spirit'. It means to be a nobody. To be poor in spirit does not mean to live in poverty, because one can practice poverty and can be very egoistic about it, that's what happens to people who renounce the world. Blessed are the poor in spirit , those who know that they are nothing, those who know that their inside is just empty, there is no self, no ego, no claim, just emptiness. Don't possess anything at all , not even yourself. That's what is meant by 'poor in spirit'. Theirs is the kingdom of God here and now, right away. It is not a promise for the future.

Maturity is acceptance of existence as it is.

You are trying to solve it. You are worried about it, and you get more and more into it. You will create a bigger mess because anxiety cannot be solved through thinking. It cannot be dissolved through thinking because thinking itself is a sort of anxiety. Don’t do anything with anxiety. Just be alert! When we are in deep anxiety we are never here now. Anxiety means of the future or of the past. Anxiety is never in the present , anxiety cannot be of the present. Old tendencies, old habits, will force you to go into the future and into the past. Don't fight with anxiety. The moment you remember, relax -- relax in the now. Relax your body, relax your behavior, relax your acts. Walk in a relaxed way, eat in a relaxed way, talk, listen in a relaxed way. Slow down every process. Don't be in a hurry and don't be in haste.

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There are thousands of people in ashrams for different reasons, but I have never seen a person on the 'path of Yoga' for enlightenment in India. People learn Yoga, people teach Yoga but I haven't met any person who is doing Yoga for enlightenment in my life. Most popular Yoga teacher in India Baba Ramdev is now taking interest in business and politics. Annual turnover of his business is US$1.5 billion.

Deities are not higher than an enlightened being.

"You will be nearer to Heaven through football than through the study of the Gita." — that is one of the most popular quotes of Swami Vivekananda. Swami Vivekananda told -- First of all, our young men must be strong. Religion will come afterwards. Be strong, my young friends; that is my advice to you. You will be nearer to Heaven through football than through the study of the Gita. These are bold words; but I have to say them, for I love you. I know where the shoe pinches. I have gained a little experience. You will understand the Gita better with your biceps, your muscles, a little stronger. You will understand the mighty genius and the mighty strength of Krishna better with a little of strong blood in you. You will understand the Upanishads better and the glory of the Atman when your body stands firm upon your feet, and you feel yourselves as men. Thus we have to apply these to our needs.

Whenever someone worships, the deity is created. For the worship, the image or idol is taken as divine, so divinity is invoked in it. A prayerful person becomes receptive to higher souls. Wherever you pour your worship it transforms the object, the object becomes a medium.

@MisterMan Words and meanings are not what mantras are about. It is not necessary that there should be a meaning to the mantra. Some mantras have meaning but they can become distorted with the passage of time. There are methods for the chanting of these sounds, there is a specified beat, intensity and rhythm.

Mantra means a sacred word, not of any use in the day-to-day life experiences, but only significant on a spiritual journey. Unless you are aware of the proper phonetic pronunciation, you can go on repeating a mantra but it will produce no results. Certain sounds transform you, when you listen to classical music you feel a certain silence, if you are receptive.

They are not higher than an enlightened being.