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Q. What should I do if an old painful memory arises during meditation?
A. Old memories, hurts, fears, angers, resentments, etc., can arise in meditation. Simply allow them to arise without resisting, analyzing, judging, or denying them. Just watch them without getting involved. See that they do not define who you are. They are pockets of unconsciousness arising to be purified in the light of awareness and released from your system. Allow the light of being to set suffering free.
Adyashanti
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Other people’s actions are the result of their own pain and not the result of any intention to hurt you. A wrong perception can be the cause of a lot of suffering. This is why, whenever we have a perception, we have to ask ourselves if our perception is right. When we stand with friends looking at the setting sun, we’re sure the sun has not set quite yet. But a scientist might tell us that the sun we’re seeing is only the image of the sun of eight minutes ago. We are subject to thousands of wrong perceptions like this in our daily lives. The next time you suffer, and you believe that your suffering has been caused by the person you love the most, ask your loved one for help.
Thich Nhat Hanh
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Happiness comes, not by helplessly wishing for it, but by dreaming, thinking, and living it in all circumstances. No matter what you are doing, keep the undercurrent of happiness, the secret river of joy, flowing beneath the sands of your thoughts and the rocky soils of hard trials.
Some people smile most of the time while they hide a sorrow-corroded heart. Such people slowly pine away beneath the shadows of meaningless smiles. There are other people who smile once in a while, yet have beneath the surface a million fountains of laughing peace.
Learn to be secretly happy within your heart in spite of all circumstances, and say to yourself, "Happiness is the greatest divine birthright-the buried treasure of my soul. I have found that I am secretly rich beyond the dream of kings."
Paramahamsa Yogananda
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Real self-confidence is not based on our achievements or our successes in this world, but it is based on the realization of who we are, what our purpose is and what we represent to ourselves, to our families and to the world around us.
If a person has such self-confidence, then he can generate confidence and faith in others. Actually, to fail is not much of a loss; to lose one’s character and integrity is a major loss to our inner life.
A person with proper disposition and attitude is willing to accept even major failures in the eyes of the world in order to preserve the high values that he or she believes in. If we’re willing to sell our ideals, our ethics, our character, our integrity, and our very soul for the adoration of this world, then our so-called self-confidence will be built on a foundation of sand. It has no real substance and it can bring us no real fulfillment.
Radhanathswami
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"God alone is the Doer."
“You may say that there are good and bad actions, but God Himself has made the law of karma. He is the Inner Controller. A man cannot even utter the name of God unless it is His will. Therefore, I say: O Mother, I am the machine, and You are the Operator; I am the house, and You are the Indweller; I am the chariot, and You are the Charioteer. I do as You make me do; I speak as You make me speak. Not I, not I, but You, O Mother, You do everything.”
“A man is free to think that he is free, but that very thought is by God's will. When a storm shakes a tree violently, some of its leaves fall off, and some remain. The leaves fall because the wind is strong — but also because the leaves are dry and old. The strong wind is the Divine Will. Everything happens by His will, yet man is responsible for his actions, for he has been given the power to discriminate.”
Sri Ramakrishna paramahnsa
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“If your curiosity about an object is limitless, no matter what the object is, it will lead you to the truth.
A Guru can use any object to show His disciples the truth, and a yogi can use any object as a portal to freedom.
In fact, I am going to use that shiny thing to explain to you the mysteries of the universe.”
“‘Just as there are very low and very high sounds that your ears can’t detect, there are very soft and very hard objects that lie beyond the range of your ability to touch.
Extremely solid particles, which are tinier than atoms, are passing through you right now. If you could feel them, they would feel like a million tiny arrows piercing every inch of your skin.
And then there are extremely gaseous objects around you. You would start colliding with them if I slightly increased the range of your ability to sense things by touch.
The experience would certainly make you lose your mental balance. And a radical increase would kill your sense of touch altogether.
Likewise, each of your ability has an optimal range between minimum and maximum.
That incompleteness is what makes you a character, a human. You’re but a small portion chosen out of the infinite ball of Space-Time …’”
“All our powers reside in the awareness of our souls, not in the way our bodies and minds function …”
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The Dhammapada, a revered scripture of the Buddhist tradition, offers timeless wisdom that transcends religion and speaks directly to the human heart. It begins with a profound truth: “All that we are is the result of what we have thought.” This emphasizes the supreme importance of the mind in shaping our reality. Our thoughts are not just fleeting ideas; they are the seeds of our actions and the architects of our destiny. The Buddha reminds us that hatred can never be overcome by hatred—it is only through love that true peace is possible. In a world often consumed by anger and division, this teaching serves as a guiding light toward compassion and reconciliation. Another powerful verse says, “Mindfulness is the path to the deathless.” In our fast-paced, distracted lives, cultivating mindfulness can awaken us to the present moment and liberate us from the cycle of suffering. The Dhammapada also teaches personal responsibility: “The self is the master of the self.” No external force can purify us or walk our path; we must be our own saviors through right understanding and right effort. These teachings are not just for monks or scholars—they are for all who seek inner peace, moral clarity, and spiritual growth in daily life.
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Haemin Sunim’s Love for Imperfect Things is a gentle guide to self-acceptance in a world obsessed with perfection. Through Buddhist wisdom and heartfelt reflections, Sunim teaches that true peace comes from embracing flaws—in ourselves, others, and life itself.
The book begins by addressing self-criticism, urging readers to replace harsh inner judgments with self-compassion. Sunim illustrates how perfection is an illusion and that our "imperfections" make us human. He shares personal stories—his struggles with anger, laziness, and doubt—to show that self-acceptance is a daily practice, not a destination.
Next, he explores relationships, emphasizing that expecting perfection from others leads to disappointment. Instead, he advises patience, forgiveness, and seeing people as they are—not as we wish them to be. Whether in family, friendships, or love, Sunim encourages letting go of rigid expectations to nurture deeper connections.
Finally, he discusses embracing life’s unpredictability. Rather than resisting hardships, he suggests viewing them as opportunities for growth. Through mindfulness and gratitude, we can find beauty in imperfection and live with greater ease.
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When you follow karma and drive karma in a good direction, you can avoid the destructive nature of karma. You can do that by being attentive to the nature of karma and the nature of your desires and activities. As Buddha pointed out, to know the cause of suffering is to know how to avoid suffering. If you study why you suffer, you will understand cause and effect, and how bad actions result in bad effects. Because you understand, you can avoid the destructive power of karma.
Shunryu Suzuki
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DON’T SEEK YOUR SELF IN THE MIND
I feel that there is still a great deal I need to learn about the workings of my mind before I can get anywhere near full consciousness or spiritual enlightenment.
No, you don’t. The problems of the mind cannot be solved on the level of the mind. Once you have understood the basic dysfunction, there isn’t really much else that you need to learn or understand. Studying the complexities of the mind may make you a good psychologist, but doing so won’t take you beyond the mind, just as the study of madness isn’t enough to create sanity. You have already understood the basic mechanics of the unconscious state: identification with the mind, which creates a false self, the ego, as a substitute for your true self rooted in Being. You become as a “branch cut off from the vine,” as Jesus puts it.
The ego’s needs are endless. It feels vulnerable and threatened and so lives in a state of fear and want. Once you know how the basic dysfunction operates, there is no need to explore all its countless manifestations, no need to make it into a complex personal problem. The ego, of course, loves that. It is always seeking for something to attach itself to in order to uphold and strengthen its illusory sense of self, and it will readily attach itself to your problems. This is why, for so many people, a large part of their sense of self is intimately connected with their problems. Once this has happened, the last thing they want is to become free of them; that would mean loss of self. There can be a great deal of unconscious ego investment in pain and suffering.
So once you recognize the root of unconsciousness as identification with the mind, which of course includes the emotions, you step out of it. You become present. When you are present, you can allow the mind to be as it is without getting entangled in it. The mind in itself is not dysfunctional. It is a wonderful tool. Dysfunction sets in when you seek your self in it and mistake it for who you are. It then becomes the egoic mind and takes over your whole life.
Eckhart Tolle
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The light of Brahman flashes in lightning;
The light of Brahman flashes in our eyes.
It is the power of Brahman that makes
The mind to think, desire, and will. Therefore
Use this power to meditate on Brahman.
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At a conference held in New Orleans some years ago, physicists were challenged to explain why there were no pioneers on the order of Einstein, Bohr, and Heisenberg any more. One young physicist pointed out that the comparison was a bit unfair. Those bold visionaries had been exploring the world outside, while his generation was faced with the infinitely harder task of querying, Who is the investigator? How is the mind, our instrument of knowing, supposed to turn around and know itself?
In India it seems that this point had been reached and crossed very early. Fundamental questions about reality are found even as early as the Rig Veda:
What was all this before creation?
Was there water?
Only God knows, or perhaps he knows not . . . (X.129)
By the time we reach the Upanishads this kind of questioning is no longer speculative but has become a systematic and relentless pursuit of truth, and it embraced the realization that to know truth we have to come to grips with the medium of knowing and the identity of the knower.
This is the realization that turns mere knowing into realization, objective science into mystical awareness. There is a Sufi story about a seeker who calls on Allah day in and day out for years and finally throws himself down and sobs, “How long have I been calling and you do not answer!” Then he hears a voice: “Who do you think has been making you call me?”
Kena, the title and opening word of the present Upanishad, means “by whom?” – that is, impelled by whom do all the motions of life stir? Or in Shankara’s brilliant paraphrase, “By whose mere presence does that desire arise which moves the universe?”
The text’s answer is clear. The first thirteen verses declare, “He is the ear of the ear”: that is, that which moves the world is consciousness, which in the human being becomes cognition, among other vital functions. Note that among the powers that operate our senses we meet “that which makes the mind think.” Mind was a sense, in the Vedantic worldview, in fact, the chief sense. This is a little easier to understand when we take into account that the word we translate as “sense” is actually indriya, “power, faculty.”
Then comes a parable. Among the gods (the faculties of perception) only Indra has the staying power to merit instruction from the goddess of wisdom, Uma, the divine consort of Shiva. She teaches that the victory of the Vedic gods over their adversaries (the creative triumph of order over chaos) has not been theirs but that of the supreme power working through them. This is an allegory of the message which sent the Isha Upanishad so deeply into Gandhi’s consciousness, about acting without attachment to the results. The victory of good over evil is guaranteed – but not by the doer. We cannot win that victory, but we can make ourselves instruments of it, precisely by not thinking of ourselves as the doers but by “making ourselves zero,” in Gandhi’s phrase. This is an immediate, practical consequence of the realization that we are not really the ultimate doer of any of “our” actions, including the act of knowing: “It is the power of Brahman that makes the mind to think . . .Therefore, use this power to meditate on Brahman” (IV.5–6).
With an assurance that this truth is all the seeker need discover, the Kena ends. –M.N.
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For those who have found the still point of Eternity, around which all—including themselves—revolves, everything is acceptable as it is; indeed, can be experienced as glorious and wonderful. The first duty of the individual, consequently, is simply to play his given role—as do the sun and moon, the various animal and plant species, the waters, the rocks, and the stars—without resistance, without fault; and then, if possible, so to order one’s mind as to identify its consciousness with the inhabiting principle of the whole.
Joseph Campbell
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🕉️ Insights from the Bhagavad Gita – Finding Inner Strength in Times of Confusion
For the Modern Seeker
> “कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन।
मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि॥”
— Bhagavad Gita 2.47
Translation:
You have a right to perform your prescribed duty, but you are not entitled to the fruits of action. Never consider yourself the cause of the results of your activities, and never be attached to not doing your duty.
🌿 Explanation:
In this timeless verse, Krishna teaches Arjuna the essence of Karma Yoga — performing one’s duty with dedication and detachment. He reminds us not to get emotionally entangled in the outcomes, but to focus on effort with integrity.
In today’s fast-paced world, people often equate success with results — money, fame, likes, promotions. This mindset creates stress, anxiety, and fear of failure. Gita's wisdom gives us a mental shield: Do your best, but don't be enslaved by the outcome.
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> “समदुःखसुखं धीरं सोऽमृतत्वाय कल्पते॥”
— Bhagavad Gita 2.15
Translation:
The wise who remain steady in both joy and sorrow, who are undisturbed by them, become fit for immortality.
🌿 Explanation:
Life will bring both happiness and pain. Those who can remain emotionally balanced, without being swayed by highs and lows, are on the path to inner liberation.
📌 Modern Relevance:
Today, mental health struggles are rising. Gita offers deep emotional stability — to remain calm in heartbreaks, job loss, betrayal, or sudden change. This verse invites us to develop resilience, not by suppressing emotions but by transcending the ego's reactions.
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> “योगस्थः कुरु कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा धनञ्जय।
सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्योः समो भूत्वा समत्वं योग उच्यते॥”
— Bhagavad Gita 2.48
Translation:
Perform your duty with equanimity, O Arjuna, abandoning attachment to success or failure. Such evenness of mind is called yoga.
🌿 Key Insight:
In a world obsessed with results and validation, Krishna redefines success as inner balance. True yoga is not just on a mat — it’s in your attitude toward life. It teaches us to remain centered whether we win or lose.
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🪔 Final Thought:
The Gita does not ask us to renounce the world, but to live in it with a higher awareness.
In every challenging moment, we can ask ourselves:
“Am I acting from fear, or from Dharma?”
“Am I holding on to results, or doing what is right?”
✨ That shift changes everything.
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“Siddhartha” is a philosophical novel by Hermann Hesse that explores the spiritual journey of self-discovery undertaken by a man named Siddhartha during the time of the Buddha. Born into a Brahmin family, Siddhartha is raised in privilege and steeped in traditional Hindu teachings, but he finds them spiritually unsatisfying. Seeking deeper truths, he leaves home with his friend Govinda to join a group of ascetics known as the Samanas. After years of extreme austerity, he meets Gautama Buddha but ultimately chooses not to follow him, believing that enlightenment cannot be taught—it must be personally experienced.
Siddhartha then explores worldly pleasures, wealth, and love, becoming a successful merchant and falling into a relationship with the courtesan Kamala. However, this life also leaves him empty. Disillusioned, he abandons it all and retreats to a river, where he befriends a humble ferryman named Vasudeva. Through years of quiet observation and listening to the river, Siddhartha gradually awakens to the unity of all existence and attains a deep inner peace.
The novel reflects themes of individuality, the limitations of doctrine, and the cyclical nature of life. In the end, Siddhartha's enlightenment is achieved not through teachers or renunciation alone, but through experience, suffering, and love.
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Swami Vivekananda viewed Prāṇāyāma as a profound spiritual discipline that extends far beyond mere breath control. For him, Prāṇa was the universal life force—the subtle energy that powers all physical and mental activity. Breath, he explained, is only a gross manifestation of this energy; by regulating the breath through Prāṇāyāma, one can gradually gain mastery over the flow of Prāṇa in the body and mind. Vivekananda emphasized that the mind and Prāṇa are intimately connected—when the Prāṇa is restless, so is the mind, and when the Prāṇa is controlled, the mind becomes still and focused. This control of the mind through breath is essential for deep states of meditation and ultimately for spiritual liberation. Unlike mystical interpretations, he approached Prāṇāyāma with a scientific and rational mindset, encouraging practitioners to proceed with caution, discipline, and moral purity. He warned that improper or forceful breathing techniques could disturb the nervous system and mental balance. For Vivekananda, Prāṇāyāma was not a standalone practice but part of a larger yogic journey toward self-realization, requiring purity of thought, ethical living, and steady concentration. In essence, he saw it as a gateway to mastering the inner forces of the self and uniting with the divine.
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Beyond the noise of words - J Krishnamurti
Listening is an art not easily come by, but in it there is beauty and great understanding. We listen with the various depths of our being, but our listening is always with a preconception or from a particular point of view. We do not listen simply; there is always the intervening screen of our own thoughts, conclusions, and prejudices...To listen there must be an inward quietness, a freedom from the strain of acquiring, a relaxed attention.
This alert yet passive state is able to hear what is beyond the verbal conclusion. Words confuse; they are only the outward means of communication; but to commune beyond the noise of words, there must be in listening an alert passivity. Those who love may listen; but it is extremely rare to find a listener. Most of us are after results, achieving goals; we are forever overcoming and conquering, and so there is no listening. It is only in listening that one hears the song of the words.
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"Who am I? How should I live?"
It's only when you are lost in the search to answer these questions that a true meeting with yourself can take place, by staying up night after night until your vision brightens. And then you may meet your true self and you'll never be alone again. Your heart beats with the joy of replacing the pain of loneliness of the small self with the all-inclusive Self, and you become much, much clearer and much, much deeper.
People can't become fully human on their own. We can grow as humans only through genuine meetings.
It's spring, a time of hope, a time when we ought to meet something new.
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Pranayama is a core practice in yoga involving breath control to enhance physical, mental, and spiritual well-being. The term comes from Sanskrit: prana (life energy) and ayama (control or extension). It involves techniques to regulate breathing patterns, improving oxygen flow, calming the nervous system, and balancing energy.
Key Pranayama Techniques:
1. Anulom Vilom (Alternate Nostril Breathing): Alternating breaths through each nostril to balance energy and calm the mind.
2. Kapalbhati (Skull-Shining Breath): Rapid, forceful exhalations and passive inhalations to energize and detoxify.
3. Bhastrika (Bellows Breath): Vigorous, equal inhalations and exhalations to boost vitality.
4. Ujjayi (Victorious Breath): Slow, controlled breathing with a constricted throat, creating an ocean-like sound, often used in yoga asana practice.
5. Bhramari (Bee Breath): Humming exhalation to reduce stress and promote relaxation.
Benefits:
- Improves lung capacity and respiratory health.
- Reduces stress, anxiety, and depression.
- Enhances focus, clarity, and emotional stability.
- Balances the nervous system (sympathetic and parasympathetic).
- Supports meditation by calming the mind.
Guidelines:
- Practice in a quiet, well-ventilated space, ideally on an empty stomach.
- Start with simpler techniques like deep diaphragmatic breathing if new to pranayama.
- Avoid forcing the breath; maintain awareness and ease.
- Consult a qualified yoga instructor, especially if you have respiratory or cardiovascular conditions.
Precautions:
- Avoid overexertion or holding the breath too long, which can cause dizziness.
- Pregnant women, people with hypertension, or those with medical conditions should seek guidance from a professional.
- Consistency matters more than intensity—start with 5-10 minutes daily.
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