The small self believes….

 December 26, 2011

The small self believes it is the center of the universe. It believes that everyone should be accountable to it, and it should be accountable to no one.

God did not give us….

 December 19, 2011

God did not give us a game we cannot win.

12/12/11

Don’t be negative. Don’t be positive. BE.

The goal of sadhana is not….

 December 4, 2011

The goal of sadhana is not the removal of pain; that is just a by-product. The goal of sadhana is to go home to God.

If you want to get rid of….

 November 27, 2011

If you want to get rid of the chaos and I mean all the chaos, then redirect your attention into the Heart. And I mean literally redirecting your awareness. This is not a nice idea, this is the Truth, do it right now.

Our small self is….

 November 21, 2011

Our small self is a used car salesman who keeps selling himself the same piece of junk.

The small self feels better….

 November 14, 2011

The small self feels better when it has an identity. Get comfortable with free-fall.

We are the Witness of All….

 November 7, 2011

We are the Witness of All. We are not our experiences. Experiences are the smoke and mirrors of sadhana.

There is a big difference….

 October 31, 2011

There is a big difference between witnessing and dissociating. To witness you must be in the Heart. Dissociating is just staying in your head. One takes you back to who you really are; the other takes you further away from the Truth.

Empathy is not resonating….

 October 21, 2011

Empathy is not resonating with a person. If we are resonating then we are just feeling our own feeling that someone else also has at the same time. Empathy has to do with dispassion, detachment and love. We are not entangled in the other person’s feelings, we are detached and are able to feel their feelings. It is about them not us.

The internal practice is not….

 October 17, 2011

The internal practice is not inside the physical body, and that includes the head. Any practice focused on the physical body is strictly for beginners. Nothing wrong with it unless you give it more credit than it deserves. The internal practice is the one that resides in the Heart of the innermost body, the supracausal body. Take your attention through the heart of the physical body, the heart of the subtle body, the heart of the causal body and return to rest in the Heart of the supracausal body. There you will find the blue pearl.

Hell is delusion and suffering….

 October 10, 2011

Hell is delusion and suffering. Heaven is true happiness. Purgatory is knowing one from the other, and being conscious that you are reaping what you have sown. The physical plane, the realm of action, is the place of sowing and reaping. If, while here, you confuse pleasure with happiness, you will stray further and further into delusion, and root yourself in hell without even knowing it. You might even delude yourself that you are in heaven.

Do not belittle your life….

 October 5, 2011

Do not belittle your life with trite affirmations. Better to live fully and honestly, with the knowledge that God is driving our lessons.

I care about you….

 September 29, 2011

I care about you. Do you care about you? I am fighting for you, and you are fighting me fighting for you.

You have to give up….

 September 24, 2011

You have to give up your identity to be who you truly are.

How many times….

 September 19, 2011

How many times have you assumed people are on the same page as you, only to find they are not even able to read? We assume equality and compatibility when we use the same words as others. The problem is we do not check definitions. This can happen in any situation. You may assume the person who hasn’t answered understands and agrees, or you may later find out that someone who used the same vocabulary as you didn’t mean the same things at all. Be careful. Ask questions. Do not assume. When we assume we may find ourselves belittling ourselves, our work, and our teachers. And we end up having been fools when we thought we were connecting or even informing.

We are not the doer….

 September 13, 2011

We are not the doer. Stop pretending.

Letting go of all that….

 September 6, 2011

Letting go of all that we can perceive and going to the Heart, the Perceiver, the pure Subject, is the practice. We then rest consciously and knowingly in our true nature. Everything is then known to be perfect just the way it is.

Do not be attached to….

 August 29, 2011

Do not be attached to your narrative. That only causes defensiveness and projections. Everyone becomes just a character in your narrative. Shut everything up and only focus on God. That is the only solution. Everything else just feeds into the story.  The choice: either God or your narrative. What’s your goal?

Control is the small self…. 



 August 23, 2011

Control is the small self protecting its most cherished beliefs about itself and the world. If someone trips a wire around a core belief of the small self, look out. The small self will attack, and will insist that it is only defending itself or being fair.

Do not be embarrassed….

 August 19, 2011

Do not be embarrassed that you practice or that you have a practice. There is nothing wrong with loving God and working to go home.

When we want to embrace something….

 August 13, 2011

When we want to embrace something, we tend to struggle taking it in. If we were to just empty ourselves of all other vibrations, embracing would be so simple. Can you hear and feel your vibrations? Now still them by focusing your consciousness on them and letting them go. Now you can embrace.

No matter where we are….

 August 7, 2011

No matter where we are, God is everywhere. And since God is everywhere, we should always be practicing to experience Truth wherever we are.

Even on vacation….

 August 3, 2011

Even on vacation we should practice.

The ultimate sacrifice is….

 July 29, 2011

The ultimate sacrifice is stilling the small self and letting God play. Then we are actually playing.

Use the heat….

 July 24, 2011

Use the heat to still.

We have to get used to joy….

 July 19, 2011

We have to get used to joy. The most uncomfortable experience for the small self is joy and true love. So practice and watch your small self squirm. Once we get used to joy the small self dissolves back into the ocean.

Guru Purnima, the Guru’s full moon….

 July 15, 2011

Guru Purnima, the Guru’s full moon is tonight. Swami Muktananda was/ is a true Guru. He saved my life and I owe everything. The Guru shows us the way back to ourSelves. He hears what is best for us, even while we are still listening to our small self. The Guru teaches us how to listen to our true Self. Glory to the Guru.

The real world to the….

 July 11, 2011

The real world to the small self is whatever it decides the world is. That real world is different for each of us. And that difference itself is a clue that our “real world” is not Real.

We seek independence….

 July 4, 2011

We seek independence in order to be free. Our wrong understanding, our shrunken knowledge, imprisons us. Even intellectual knowledge with no grounding binds us. True Knowledge is Being not knowing. Be careful what you grab onto, thinking it will free you when in fact you may be locking yourself in.

I am not a cheerleader….

 July 2, 2011

I am not a cheerleader for the small self. Do not be one either. Return Home and be free.

New Age affirmations will not….

 June 26, 2011

New Age affirmations will not bring you true joy. Because they confuse the Absolute and the relative, they only promote a happy small self. Affirming the small self does not bring us closer to God.

We fight all the time….

 June 19, 2011

We fight all the time. Torment is a form of fighting. It is fighting against the acceptance of Reality.

Let go of all your assessments….

 June 13, 2011

Let go of all your assessments. Let go of assessing. Unless you are resting in the Self, your small self will do the assessing and will usually be wrong.

Small self believes it….

 June 9, 2011

Small self believes it creates, sustains, and worships God. Small self believes God is contained in small self’s own limitless limitedness.

Having a “good talk” may….

 June 4, 2011

Having a “good talk” may soothe your small self, but it solves nothing. The real work must happen inwardly, in silence.

The greatest worship is….

 June 1, 2011

The greatest worship is silence.

Each of us is so sure….

 May 29, 2011

Each of us is so sure that our small self sees the world the way it really is, and we all use reason to confirm our view. When the small self is sure, look out.

If something is very complicated….

 May 22, 2011

If something is very complicated, that does not mean it is deep or even intelligent. Beware of overdifferentiation. In the same way, if something is simple, that does not mean it is superficial. Watch out for what really matters. Deep is deep and superficial is superficial. It is that simple!

Baba’s Birthday….

 May 15, 2011

Baba’s Birthday. I bow to my Guru. I love my Guru with all my heart. May I always obey my Guru.

People should not be….

 May 12, 2011

People should not be projects.

Do not forget the goal….

 May 9, 2011

Do not forget the goal is to be who we really are. When we remember this, it is not so painful giving up everything we are not.

Only in the Absolute….

 May 4, 2011

Only in the Absolute are we all equal.

Holding on takes so much….

 April 28, 2011

Holding on takes so much effort, and we are actually holding on to a mirage

Sexual pleasure is….

 April 21, 2011

Sexual pleasure is the small self’s version of Enlightenment. Nothing wrong with lovemaking; just don’t make it something it’s not.

The True Self is not….

 April 18, 2011

The True Self is not your good self. Anyone who tells you to be your best self does not understand the Self at all.

Striving for a happy good small self….

 April 15, 2011

Striving for a happy good small self is no different from striving for a happy bad small self. Both bring us misery and pain.

To be quiet….

 April 10, 2011

To be quiet, we must give up our attachment to the fight between good and bad small self. Let each have its say and then let both go.

It is not about how….

 March 22, 2011

It is not about how the world works. It is about how the world works in relation to your karma.

Serve by boring into the Heart….

 March 20, 2011

Serve by boring into the Heart and stilling. We then will reach the ground water. Be and connect with all of us

When the Haiti Earthquake occurred….

 March 17, 2011

When the Haiti Earthquake occurred I gave a talk on how we could help. Ray made a file of those instructions. I have posted it for downloading under the chant section. Let us contribute not only to Japan, but also to wherever there is pain, misery and turmoil.

Sadhana is not easy….

 March 14, 2011

Sadhana is not easy. True practice is hard and takes a long time. The result: we return to ourSelves and Home again. Worth every second of hard work.

Alone in the limited sense….

 March 11, 2011

Alone in the limited sense is separate. Alone in the absolute sense is all embracing.

The lower self is all about….

 March 6, 2011

The lower self is all about a delusional narrative. You have to know your own narrative. Ask yourself, “What is my narrative?” See your narrative and start saying, “I’m wrong.”

The small self thinks….

 March 2, 2011

The small self thinks it is normal and that practice is weird.

We need to know….

 February 24, 2011

We need to know what vehicle we are enlivening and how it functions, so that we do not delude ourselves into thinking something is Real when it is not.

We tend to think we are….

 February 20, 2011

We tend to think we are discerning when in fact we are only judging. Discerning and judging come from different places. At least know where you are. If you find yourself dichotomising, you are probably in the small self and just judging.

If you think you are practicing….

 February 16, 2011

If you think you are practicing, you are not.

You can enliven your vehicles….

 February 12, 2011

You can enliven your vehicles while remaining in the Heart.

What is out there is….

 February 7, 2011

What is out there is just your reflection. Don’t get lost in it, no matter how glorious it is. We must return to our true Self, which is the Perceiver of that reflection.

People who seek pleasure….

 January 31, 2011

People who seek pleasure and call it love or happiness end up in misery, with neither love nor happiness. Know the difference between pleasure and love.

Do not be afraid to face….

 January 27, 2011

Do not be afraid to face what you have in front of you. Face it, learn from it, act appropriately, and then you can move on. If we run, we run into that which we flee and it will be worse than if we had faced it the first time. Have courage.

Are you the one doing….

 January 25, 2011

Are you the one doing your practice or is your small self organizing and controlling your sadhana?

The knower (we) appears to….

 January 25, 2011

The knower (we) appears to mistake the faculty of knowing for being.

Familiar and safe are not….

 January 19, 2011

Familiar and safe are not the same thing. What feels familiar is often unsafe–we’re just accustomed to it.

All our delusions….

 January 6, 2011

All our delusions are about taking care of ourselves. But what self are we taking care of?