“We enter into paradise when, in contemplation, we enter into awareness of the Overself.” — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
That deep silence has a melody of its own, a sweetness unknown amid the harsh discords of the world's sounds. — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
“When the mind enters into this imageless and thoughtless state, there is nothing in it to resist the union with divine consciousness.” — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
This withdrawal from the day's turmoil into creative silence is not a luxury, a fad, or a futility. It dissolves mental tensions… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
This withdrawal from the day's turmoil into creative silence is not a luxury, a fad, or a futility. It is a necessity,… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
“1. Do all meditation work with open eyes, with the Buddhic smile. 2. Keep attention inside on the No-thought state and refrain… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
“Be still, and know that I am God," sings the Biblical Psalmist. This simply means that the movement of thoughts and emotions… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
“Among the values of meditation is that it carries consciousness down to a deeper level, thus letting man live from his centre,… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
Now an extraordinary and helpful fact is that by making Mind the object of our attention, not only does the serenity which… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
The seeker after stillness should be told that the stillness is always there. Indeed it is in every man. But he has… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
“If we search into the innermost part of our self, we come in the end to an utter void where nothing from… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
Outwardly one's life may suffer every kind of limitation, from bodily paralysis to miserable surroundings, but inwardly it is free in meditation… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
“The mysterious manner in which this growing sense of unity commingles with a sense of utter goodness is worth noting. It arises… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
“The deeper he penetrates into this inner being, the more will he feel inclined to keep the development quite secret. It is… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
“He sees the truth as with a jolt. There it is, within his own being, lying deep down but still in his… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
“Experience shows that if a sufficiently deep level--not necessarily the deepest level but one that corresponds to what the yogis call savikalpa… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
“Not by adding more information, or more learning, or more study, can we now enter the Kingdom of Heaven, but rather by… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
“The practice of extending love towards all living creatures brings on ecstatic states of cosmic joy. In this intently concentrated state he… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
“There comes a stage, whether in meditation or in the ordinary daily experience of life, at which he has to cross over… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
“The philosophic outlook rises above all sectarian controversy. It finds its own position not only by appreciating and synthesizing what is solidly based in… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
“The mysterious manner in which this growing sense of unity commingles with a sense of utter goodness is worth noting. It arises by no… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
When every situation which life can offer is turned to the profit of spiritual growth, no situation can really be a bad one. — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
“We enter into paradise when, in contemplation, we enter into awareness of the Overself.” — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
“The Surangama Sutra chooses, as the best meditation method for the present historic cycle, the one used by Avalokitesvara. It disengages bodily hearing from… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
“Everything is taken away from him; he is nothing and has nothing; yet he still feels one thing which utterly compensates for this loss.… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
“If we search into the innermost part of our self, we come in the end to an utter void where nothing from the outside… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
When spiritual seeking becomes too complicated, its exercies too elaborated, its doctrines too esoteric, it becomes also too artificial and the resulting achievements too… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
While the mind remains so fixed in its own personal affairs, be they little or large, it has no chance to open up its… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
Our greatest illusion is disillusion. We imagine that we are disillusioned with life, when the truth is that we have not even begun to… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
“It may be considered folly by common opinion but this refusal to destroy life unnecessarily, this reverence for it, must become a deeply implanted… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
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