Here are a few quotes from some of the spiritual teachers with whom we are aligned. It might also be helpful to check out our blog posts, videos, and our book list.
Byron Katie
“I often say, ‘No story: no world.’ Who would you be if you could just be the seeing, without the imagined ‘you’ that sees?”
Deepak Chopra
“The pathless path…leads you, without going anywhere, to a deeper level of awareness.”
Nisargadatta Maharaj
“Between the banks of pain and pleasure, the river of life flows. It is only when the mind refuses to flow with life and gets stuck at the banks that it becomes a problem. By flowing with life I mean acceptance–letting come what comes and go what goes.”
Lao Tzu
“Nature does not have to insist,
Can blow for only half a morning,
Rain for only half a day,
And what are these winds and these rains but natural?”
Eckhart Tolle
“Always say ‘yes’ to the present moment. What could be more futile, more insane, than to create inner resistance to what already is? What could be more insane than to oppose life itself, which is now and always now? Surrender to what is. Say ‘yes’ to life — and see how life suddenly starts working for you rather than against you.”
Khalil Gibran
“Ready am I to go, and my eagerness with sails full set awaits the wind. Only another breath will I breathe in this still air, only another loving look cast backward, and then I shall stand among you, a seafarer among seafarers.”
Herman Hesse
“Siddhartha reflected deeply as he went on his way. Something was no longer in him, something that had accompanied him right through his youth and was part of him: this was the desire to have teachers and listen to their teachings.”
G I Gurdjieff
Here is a movie of his early life. It is a MUST SEE movie and what we are all about as seekers.
http://westernarmeniatv.com/en/43050/meetings-with-remarkable-men
Ramana Maharshi
“Wanting to reform the world without discovering one’s true self is like trying to cover the world with leather to avoid the pain of walking on stones and thorns. It is much simpler to wear shoes.”
J. Krishnamurti
“So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it.”
Ram Dass
“The spiritual journey is individual, highly personal. It can’t be organized or regulated. It isn’t true that everyone should follow one path. Listen to your own truth.”