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Ideas act like screens which obscure that which has to be seen

Posted March 31st, 2008 by balasatya
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'Ideas act like screens which obscure that which has to be seen; therefore ideation hinders understanding, perception and reality. This is the reason why in Zen, and in the statements of nearly all religious thinkers, so much emphasis is placed on the emptying of the mind.' (Powell, 1977, p39)

Posted July 5th, 2007 by balasatya
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All the powers in the universe are already ours.
It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.
-Swami Vivekananda

U.G an enigma

Posted July 3rd, 2007 by balasatya
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The search ends with the realization that there is no such thing as enlightenment.
By searching, you want to be free from the self, but whatever you are doing to free yourself from the self is the self. How can I make you understand this simple thing? There is no 'how'.
If I tell you that, it will only add more momentum to that.... --U.G.

Posted July 5th, 2007 by balasatya
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You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.

— Swami Vivekananda

Posted July 5th, 2007 by balasatya
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If you think about disaster, you will get it.
Brood about death and you hasten your demise.
Think positively and masterfully, with confidence and faith, and life becomes more secure, more fraught with action, richer in achievement and experience.

— Swami Vivekananda

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