“(...) darkness is beautiful. It has tremendous depth, silence, infinity. Light comes and goes; darkness always remains, it is more eternal than light. For light you need some fuel; for darkness no fuel is needed - it is simply there.”
― Freedom: The Courage to Be Yourself
― Freedom: The Courage to Be Yourself
“The worry simply means: you are clinging with something which is no more and you are avoiding that which is. That is worry. You know deep down that it is no more, it is gone and you know deep down that the new has come. But still you want to pretend, you want to deceive yourself. And one can deceive oneself; millions of people are deceiving themselves. But that deception simply destroys all the possibilities of being blissful, of being alive, of being celebrating. One creates great anxiety and a great split.”
― Let go!: A darshan diary
― Let go!: A darshan diary
“Fear is always about something in the future. Fear never exists in the present moment.”
― Fear: Understanding and Accepting the Insecurities of Life
― Fear: Understanding and Accepting the Insecurities of Life
“Never betray love. Lovers change – that is not a problem, that should not be a problem; we should not become attached too much to persons. Let there be only one commitment, and that has to be to love itself! Be in love with love, and everything else is secondary.”
― For madmen only: Price of admission: your mind
― For madmen only: Price of admission: your mind
“I have been against all that is ascetic; even that word was not known to me in those days, but I could smell something foul. You know I am allergic to all kinds of self-torture. I want every human being to live to the fullest; minimum is not my way. Live to the maximum, or if you can go beyond the maximum, then fantastic. Go! Don’t wait! And don’t waste time waiting for Godot …”
― Autobiography of a Spiritually Incorrect Mystic
― Autobiography of a Spiritually Incorrect Mystic
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