Joy knows itself, as a child we didn’t know the word joy, we were joy
– Francis Lucille
Joy ~ Francis Lucille
Category: Non-duality
Non Duality
You are that which never moves ~ Ramana Maharshi
“Your hands may do the work but your mind can remain still. You are that which never moves.”
– Ramana Maharshi
Self is beyond ~ Ramana Maharshi
“The absence of thought does not mean a blank. there must be one to know the blank. knowledge and ignorance are of the mind; they are born of duality. but the self is beyond knowledge and ignorance. It is light itself.”
– Ramana Maharshi
Mind covers up reality ~ Nisargadatta Maharaj
“The mind covers up reality, without knowing it. To know the nature of the mind, you need intelligence, the capacity to look at the mind in silent and dispassionate awareness.”
– Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Essence of Vedanta ~ Swami Vikekananda
“The essence of Vedanta is that there is but one being and that every soul is that being in full, not a part of that being.”
– Swami Vivekananda
All events happen in awareness ~ Jean Klein
“There is no more Identification with time and space, body sensors, and mind. All events happen in awareness.”
– Jean Klein
Art arises from consciousness ~ Jean Klein
“A work of art always arises from the background: Consciousness. Be it music, painting, architecture, poetry or sculpture, It is always seen by the artist in an instant, like a flash of lightening, as it surges forth from deep within him.”
– Jean Klein
Presence of stillness ~ Jean Klein
It is like being in the desert. First, you have to listen to the absence of the sound and call it silence. then suddenly you may be taken by the presence of stillness where you are one with listening to itself.
– Jean Klein
Memory ~ Jean Klein
“Ego is nothing more than an Image held together by a memory.”
– Jean Klein
Root of all desires ~ Jean Klein
“The root of all desires is the one desire: to come home, to be at peace.”
― Jean Klein
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