Game of Life

ROOPA: My mother asked that this question be asked. So, for her I’m asking the question‑‑for Nirmala. It’s a typical… never mind. If life was supposed to be the play of the Gods, why are so many people so miserable? When I am compassionate I can feel sorry for everyone, king or commoner, old or […]

The Essence of Non-Duality

This is a blend of several quotes and satsangs about Non-Duality. I include here also a text transcription of a satsang about the topic. Equal to All Equal to all. Now here is a conflict of feeling. At one moment you’d feel that you are non‑existent and at the next moment you feel that you […]

Become an observer!

Fear only comes from reflection and from memory. Projecting the past, we fear the future. “What is going to happen to me?” The present is totally forgotten. When you are in the present you are totally fearless. Only memories give you fear. To become fearless is an instantaneous process; it is that process whereby one […]

Facing yourself

Facing yourself is not always pleasant because the lower levels of the mind are not very pleasant. This is because they are forever in conflict. Fear must not be controlled or annihilated because these attempts only result in inhibitions and repressions. The more you try to control anything with the conscious mind, the stronger it […]

Death causes no pain

The greatest thing that could ever be achieved in this life is not always to mind your step, but to take a leap. The greatest things created in this world—from the most fantastic bridges to the tallest skyscraper—exist because a person was prepared to take a leap! Death causes no pain whatsoever. What causes pain […]

Fear is a superimposition on you

Being in conflict has to produce anxiety, which is the blood brother of fear, insecurity and inadequacy. How to live with fear? There is only one answer to the question: reach the inner quiet mind. The force of the superconscious level of the mind drowns all the smaller, grosser workings of the mind. Fear is […]

The things I teach

The subtle body is the repository of all the experiences you have gained until the moment of parting. Until the moment of shedding this body, the subtle body has gained and retained within itself all the experiences, not only of this lifetime, but of all the lives that a person might have lived since the […]

Evaluation and Evolution (life and death)

In the subtle state of death, you remain static. You function within yourself and within evaluation, but there is no evolution or progression. For any entity to progress he needs all three aspects of himself: physical, mental and spiritual. That is why our bodies are necessary. That is why theology can say, “Your body is […]