Like yesterday, spend time in silent reflection with the following quotes, and then read today’s reading. After the reading, return and reflect on the quotes again.
- Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside. ~ Ramana Maharshi
2. The fabled musk deer searches the world over for the source of the scent, which comes from itself. ~ Ramakrishna
3. Meditation is one of the greatest arts in life—perhaps the greatest—and one cannot possibly learn it from anybody; that is the beauty of it. ~ Jiddu Krishnamurti
4. The first thing to realize in meditation is that there is no authority, that the mind must be completely free to examine, to observe, to learn. ~ Jiddu Krishnamurti
5. Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others. ~ Buddha
6. If the mind falls asleep, awaken it. Then if it starts wandering, make it quiet. If you reach the state where there is neither sleep nor movement of mind, stay still in that, the natural (real) state. ~ Ramana Maharshi
Thoughts of Awakening # 41
To have faith in your brother
is to have faith in the light.
To have faith in the light
is to have faith in God.
~From our Holy Spirit
