How to Realize the Self in Meditation
"You cannot realize the Self through the senses. You cannot taste it, see it, hear it, smell it and you cannot touch it. You have your eyes open. You see and then label what you see. ... More »
"You cannot realize the Self through the senses. You cannot taste it, see it, hear it, smell it and you cannot touch it. You have your eyes open. You see and then label what you see. ... More »
"The ego exists out of the experience that life is not the way it is supposed to be. It lives in a perpetual state of control in an attempt to make life the way it thinks it should... More »
"The mind functions by defining. And through definitions boundaries are created, separation is created. There is this body that is me and everything else that is not me. So you experience something the mind defines... More »
"According to your mind, bliss and freedom are just around the corner. It will be in the next book you read, the next Guru you see, the next diet, the next spiritual movement. And somehow the... More »
"If you greet someone and ask them how they are, they will refer to the last few hours, weeks or months for an answer. Thoughts of the past are constantly repeating themselves and that becomes who... More »
"Rather than enter meditation as a person trying to become more conscious, enter meditation with the realization that you are consciousness. Not as an affirmation, but as the truth. What you are exists beyond thoughts,... More »
Question: What is the practical purpose of being an observer in meditation? Answer From Kip: "All stress arises because you are identified with your thoughts and emotions. But it is possible to experience... More »
"Close your eyes: what is left when there is no thought? (Truly, nothing else ever need be said beyond this.) But to try and answer what cannot be answered: All that is left is now. ... More »
"Many people try to control their thinking, control their emotions. They believe that freedom will come by making themselves have only certain thoughts and feelings. But can you really stop having a certain emotion? What... More »
"Love needs no justification. You cannot define it, you cannot acquire it. But somehow after intense spiritual practice, when you realize you cannot do it, you cannot get it, you surrender. That is when divine love reveals... More »