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The source of time and death is the mind. The mind is time, the mind is death. One aspect of the mind is time, another aspect of the mind is death. But through meditation, through watching the mind, you can leave death behind.The Upanishads call this process neti neti, neither this nor that. It is a process of elimination: 'I am not this - this body, this mind. Then who am I?' Eliminate the non-essential, put it aside and go on eliminating the non-essential until on the essential is left. And that is the essential? How will you decide that only the essential is left?When there is nothing left to be denied, nothing left to be eliminated. Go on emptying your house; throw all the furniture out. When there is nothing left to be thrown out, then a great revelation happens: You gain immortality; the absolute arises in you in all its beauty and splendor, in all its ecstasy. - Osho Lonliness... But always look to see if anything that you are facing as a problem is a negative thing or a positive thing. If it is a negative thing then don't fight with it; don't bother about it at all. Just look for the positive of it, and you will be at the right door.Most of the people in the world miss because they start fighting directly with the negative door.There is no door; there is only darkness, there is only absence. And the more they fight, the more they find failure, the more they become dejected, pessimistic...and ultimately they start finding that life has no meaning, that it is simply torture. But their mistake is they entered from the wrong door.So before you face a problem, just look at the problem: is it an absence of something? And all your problems are the absence of something. And once you have found what they are the absence of, then go after the positive. And the moment you find the positive, the light — the darkness is finished. -Ohso

I will Serve All: O Bestower of unceasing bliss! I will seek to make others truly happy , in gratitude for the divine joy Thou hast given me. Through my spiritual happiness I will serve all.Today I forgive all those who have ever offended me. I give my love to all thirsty hearts, both to those who love me and to those who do not love me.I will be a fisher of souls. I will catch the ignorance of others in a net of my wisdom and offer it for transmutation to the God of all gods.I will radiate love and goodwill to others, that I may open a channel for God's love to come to all.I know I am one with the light of Thy goodness. May I be a lighthouse for those who are tossed on the sea of sorrow.I am the servant ready to serve all needy minds with my simple advice, with my gifts of healing truth,and with my humble wisdom gathered in the shrine of silence. My highest ambition is to establish a temple of soul silence in every person I meet. Paramahansa Yogananda

The Perfection of Wisdom is the greatest mantra. It is the clearest mantra, the highest mantra, the mantra that removes all suffering. This is truth that cannot be doubted. Say it so: Gaté, gaté, paragaté, parasamgaté. Bodhi! Svaha! Which means... Gone, gone, gone over, gone fully over. Awakened! So be it! -The Heart SutraThere is no home, unless we find it in ourselves.You come into this world absolutely like a plain, unwritten, open book.You have to write your fate; there is nobody who is writing your fate. And who will write your fate? And how? And for what?You come into the world just an open potentiality, a multi-dimensional potentiality.You have to write your fate, you have to create your destiny. You have to become yourself.You are not born with a ready-made self. You are born only as a seed-and you can die also only as a seed, but you can become a flower, can become a tree. -Osho

"Osho is an enlightened master who is working with all possibilities to help humanity overcome a difficult phase in developing consciousness." -His Holyness the Dali Lama

The practice of taking right action without thought of rewards or attach¬ment is also a way of deepen¬ing the relationship between you and the Infinite. The practice of giving unselfish love and help is another example of deepening your understanding and trust in the cosmic laws of life that exist between you and the Cosmic Mind.When you love unselfishly you do not judge others, but have loving kindness and understanding. You send blessings to them, helping to free them from their mind’s ignorance, forgetfulness and selfishness--in short, allowing them to live their lives and fulfill their karma as they deem wise or essential. In so doing, you automatically bless your own mind-body complex and thus do not judge yourself harshly, but lovingly and with forgiveness for being human. This brings a happy, free life, bringing a powerful positive rebirth on the astral, which will soften and even neutralize constrictive karma. That is what yoga is all about.In yoga there is the practice of tarka, or reflection, which is done each night before sleep. As you reflect on your day, instead of judging others or yourself, practice asking forgiveness of them and of yourself so that you can bless and help them. Thus, the Life Divine will bless you. This follows the old yoga saying, “We who bless are blessed, we who love are loved, we who forgive are forgiven, we who teach are taught.”The second part of the daily tarka is to release all attachments as to what happened or did not happen during the course of your day. Seek to understand the karma of these events and blame no one--not even yourself. This practice will become one of your greatest powers because it will return the control of your life back to you--back into your hands--and out of the hands of others. It will bring infinite bliss and happiness into your life and fill your mind with contentment here and now. In that moment, which we must all pass through, it will bring peace, fearlessness, joy and wisdom.-Goswami Kriyananda

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