Continuous Attentiveness Will Come with Long Practice – Annamalai Swami
You can only stop the flow of thoughts by refusing to have any interest in it. If you remain in the source, the Self, you can easily catch each thought as it rises. If you don’t catch the thoughts as...
View ArticleLet the Mind Go Wherever it Wants to Go – Annamalai Swami
Questioner: I think that I am now beginning to grasp what the ‘I am’ is. It seems that this is something behind the body, behind the mind, and behind the awareness of the body. I think that we don’t...
View ArticleThe Unwavering Mind – Osho
After this the seeker enters the third stage of yoga which is known as non-attachment. He fixes his mind unwaveringly on the meaning of scriptural words. He lives in the monasteries, ashrams, of saints...
View ArticleBeyond the Gateless Gate: Transcending the Seven Bodies, Part 2 – Osho
Raja yoga begins with the fourth body. Only hatha yoga begins with the first body; other yogas begin from somewhere else. Theosophy begins from the second body, and other systems begin from the third....
View ArticleYoga is the Cessation of Mind – Osho
Now the discipline of yoga. Yoga is the cessation of mind. Then the witness is established in itself. In the other states there is identification with the modifications of the mind. –Patanjali’s Yoga...
View ArticleThe Lotus Remains Untouched – Osho
When the activity of the mind is under control, the mind becomes like pure crystal, reflecting equally, without distortion, the perceiver, the perception and the perceived. Savitarka samadhi is the...
View ArticleHow can You Feel Awareness Without Being Aware – Osho
Daily in each of your talks, you speak of awareness – total awareness, uninterrupted awareness, etcetera. You also said that it cannot be achieved by the mind, by repeating a thought – that it is to be...
View ArticleFacing the Reality – Osho
How can one differentiate between a projected experience and an authentic feeling? “How can one differentiate between a projected experience and an authentic one?” It is difficult. Because we have to...
View ArticleTake Note Twice: The Buddhist Meditation Technique of Taking Note – Osho
The Lord said: ‘The Tathagata speaks in accordance with reality, speaks the truth, speaks of what is, not otherwise. Tathagata, Subhuti, is synonymous with true suchness.’ The word suchness is of...
View ArticleThese are Simply Cleansing Methods – Osho
The Western mind is very speedy, fast, because the conditioning is for only one life – seventy years – and so much to do. One third of your life goes into sleep, one third of your life goes into...
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