"The Guru is an alive presence that can……" — Swami Premodaya
"The Guru is an alive presence that can actually challenge you (which mind can never do)."
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33 Quotes by Swami Premodaya
Swami Premodaya has 33 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
- Be willing to not be attached to your own view of things, and everything is revealed, everything takes on its…
- God, reality, truth is not an experience. Experience is your stance, position, towards truth.
- You dont think your way out of confusion. You wait your way out of confusion.
- Everything you cling to (some more, some less) will be ripped away from you, sooner or later. The ancient wisdom…
- That is freedom: When you voluntarily relinquish everything you are trying to hold onto. Thats the first taste of true…
- The purpose of life is exactly the same for everyone, but everyone perceives it differently... There's something bigger going on,…
- If all is Gods will, then all is not only as it is, but amazingly enough, as it should be,…
- You practice meditation so that meditation can practice you.
- Joy is the human experience of the divine itself.
- The false you, is the sum total of your past experiences.
- You are not seeing reality. You are seeing what you are believing. Stop believing and you will see more reality
- A human being is responsible for one thing only: His own happiness.
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