conversation with yourself

if you’ve an intimate conversation with yourself, you will realize that everyone and everything, the trees and all the leaves on the trees, the mountains and even tiny rocks in the abandoned streets, the sun and the rainbows and the winds and galaxies --- everyone and everything sincerely reminding you to drop anything that prevents you from being awake and fully present, to be still and know that you are peace. NOW

don't stand out

Don't stand out. Don't hide either. Remain where you are and notice what comes and passes. We are all compatible when we start living from the place of awareness, a place of pure spaciousness not from competition or comparison. The cosmos operate in such a mysterious way. When the night begins descending on us, the stars within us start shining. That is called Balance.

what is missing

You know what is missing today in the modern world? the courage to look, to simply look without wanting to comment or judge, to look without the urge to fix it or explain what it is –

start loving madly

What is best for you right now is to start loving madly. Don’t save your love for the next generation. Let it turn into a warm rain and flood everything and everyone around you.

divine inside yourself –

if your priority is to recognize the divine inside yourself – to hear the music saturated with deep goodness – to feel the warmth of the ancient sunlight Inside your bones – then you will know how to meet this moment not with worries or anxiety but with grace and infinite humbleness -

the first person

The first person you need to accept is not your partner. It is not your child. It is not your parents. The first person you need to accept is yourself. Then everything in your life is fully embraced and accepted and all conflicts erased. _

birthplace of bliss

You are a headquarter of love and peace. You are a birthplace of bliss. Be a gift to everyone around you today.

does not matter

You are always pure and innocent – What you think about yourself does not matter - Your self-image does not matter – Whether people like you or not does not matter – What you are going through does not matter – Your place in the world does not matter - Your conditioning does not matter --- None of these can alter your true nature.

whatever has happened

it was perfect - whatever has happened and whatever is happening in our life - there is no one to accuse and nothing to blame - it is for our own benefit - what we cannot handle does not happen. Inside this realization starts a cosmic healing -

before you say a word

What we think, What we do and what we say can deeply affect our life - I might have shared this with you before - The Sufis say, speak only when what you are going to say is more beautiful than silence. I want to remind you today, before you say a word, ask yourself if your words are really important, if they are necessary and calming, see from what depth they are coming? Let your words be like a birdsong. Examine if they are going to turn disorder into order, if they are going to heal what has been hurt. Don’t speak out of the need to be heard. Speak because elegance wants to share itself. Why don’t you choose to be speechless sometimes? You might find it to be very peaceful and truly enjoyable

you are beautiful

Whether someone has approved or not, I want you to remember that you are beautiful.

self-inquiry

for those who practice self-inquiry, being alone is not a problem at all. It is an opportunity -

absence of time

Eternity does not mean infinite time – Eternity is now - It is the absence of time – It is timelessness - It is absence of past or future – When you look at someone with no reference to their past or future, you touch eternity – you see brilliant light - you touch God.

grateful

If you feel blissful everyday, no matter what the external world is like, anyone who comes in contact with you feels blessed. The whole world feels grateful.

all activities suspended

All activities, turmoil and the commotion in the entire world is temporarily suspended at this time. Only silence remains. You may not realize this but it is probably what your soul has been asking for -

that is enough

I want to tell you this - one day, many lifetimes ago, I gave fear a permission to sit in my car - first, it wanted to drive my car, then my whole world, then my entire life ... it did not want to stop anywhere until I said, that is enough ..and took over the steering wheel.

greatest freedom

Be like the beloved. She is not concerned about her personal self. She has no fear. She doesn’t judge. she does not ask the questions and give the answers. She is silent but if she talks, it is only about the vastness of life. It is about possibilities. She wants nothing for herself. She already is the greatest freedom, highest form of bliss.

Remain that way.

incense is meant to burn - a boat to float on water – a bird is here to sing - a flower to blossom – You are here as an empty reed through which all experiences pass. Dear one, Remain that way.

everything will pass

The good news is that everything will pass. That is what makes existence fresh and endlessly beautiful. A delightful experience will pass and a painful feeling will pass too. Everything will pass before you like a fog and we will come to a place where all divisions and distinctions cannot survive the light from our awakened hearts.

the light by which all experiences are revealed.

You are not just the experience. You are the light by which all experiences are revealed.

Your original nature

Your original nature is infinite and faultless. You caused your own limitation. You caused your misery and your mess. Don’t blame anyone. Instead look inside, deep inside. There is still a place inside you where there is order and sweet music and harmony. Don’t only listen to the music. See the ground on which the music is written.

to remain silent

what I found to be most powerful and natural is not to give speeches. It is to remain silent, as if you forgot all the words you have learned. Silence is a simple way of touching a place within us that is whole and serene. It is a direct way of dissolving into God.

raging strom

Anyone can experience peace when it is peaceful around you but to be in total peace in the midst of a raging storm is the greatest asset.

someone close to you

If someone close to you becomes desperate to be right, let him/her be. Being wrong does not, in any way, diminish who you are.

communion

For the one who lives from the heart, any meeting, whether the meeting happens with a stone, an ant, a tree or a human, it is a it a meeting with the self, it is a communion.

millions travel

Millions travel everyday to a place they don’t know looking for light, searching for the deepest purpose of life - only few are aware that they are light- only few realize that they are the deepest purpose of life.

broken heart

When a broken heart sings again – mountains move with deep gratitude and our coming together becomes the ultimate eruption of magnificence.

the cage

The cage You’ve built for yourself, it does not matter if it is made from a cheap material or Gold or shining diamond - it does not matter if it is small or large - be a tiger and completely dismantle It till You are Free. you are beautiful when you are free -

to be alone

the best way to be with God and with all beings is to be alone, so utterly and fearlessly alone, to return to our inner-most nature, to be quiet even if we have beautiful things to say ….. and to be grateful even when life does not go the way we plan ---

the grass was greener

I went for my evening walk - The grass was greener today - it did not even rain. birds sang eloquently. Trees stretched their long arms to hug each other. It looks like they have not heard about social distancing. some trees were woven into each other in such a manner that light could pass through them. On one particular tree, lizards were courting. nature is effortless and graceful. I did not see anyone struggling or trying to be nice. a squirrel does not try to be a rabbit they are just themselves --- by simply looking at nature closely, our heart opens and we learn so much about ourselves.

vacation

true vacation is not when you go to some new place away from your home. True vacation is when you are at peace with yourself. This is when all your doubts and questions disappear. The questioner inside you also disappears. The one who has all answers disappears. Only silence remains, Only the vastness that can hold eternity remains. That is your true nature.

good teachers

fear, worry, anxiety --- these are good teachers too. Instead of avoiding them, work with them. They arise to remind you that you are not in harmony with yourself.

imbalance

or Imbalance In this world. Injustice and human suffering – the medicine is not reaction - it is not worry nor anger -- it is the awakening of love in your heart.

above its bank

Have you noticed how a river rises above its bank and overflows? It is showing us to rise beyond our personhood, beyond our little problems and transcend cultures and boundaries.

in great pain

When the world is in great pain, only love is a true healer. Where does the world come from? Who caused this pain? It is not time for blame or criticism. Yes, love is the only healer. The world is starving for your presence. It is starving for your smile and laughter. It is hungry for your softness, your light and your awakening. It is time for you now to walk on earth with all of your lights turned on

just for minute

Just for a minute why don’t you calm your mind and listen? everything that seems to be blurry and unclear will surrender to your heart. mystery will be your close friend, walls will turn themselves into doors and there will be nothing that you cannot handle.

fountain of light

How do you know if the one who loves you is a true lover? a true lover does not bring you closer to himself/herself – instead, she/he grabs your whole being and pulls you closer to the fountain of light inside your holy ribs

too busy

It looks like the world is too busy - So much comings and goings – so much buying and selling - So much happening here and there – but they are simply happening when you are willing to be a witness – an observer – when you stop being a customer of what is happening – when you simply witness as a being.

Thank you

Whatever it is you are going through, don’t complain. Complaining does not improve your life situation. Let thank you be the only mantra you utter. Remember mess is also holy when accepted.

Covid 19

I want you to see Covid 19 not as someone who just moved to your neighborhood but as a visitor passing through your village. If you pay too much attention to it, you empower it and it becomes more important than life itself. I want you to turn within and pay attention to who you are. Then you will realize that what comes and goes, what rises and falls cannot affect you anymore.

wicked

i assure you my dear friend, you are not wicked by nature. Nobody's nature is wicked. Nature is not vile or crooked. What is wicked is your thinking. It is your upbringing. It is your pattern. it is a confused and frustrated child inside you. Your essence is innocent and pure.

clouds into rainbows

Birds know why they have come here, to weave moonlight into songs, clouds into rainbows. Why have you come here? If you don’t know, don’t worry. Your heart knows. Go inside and stay there for a little while. You won’t miss your way

memory box

Love does not want to be housed in a memory box – It loves its infinite freedom like fresh rain gushing forth from the sacred breast of eternity – its majesty to spread healing and its intelligence to turn suffering into a vast field of roses. since its very nature is to give itself freely, it also does not want to be owned by anyone or anything – wherever it finds itself, it is sovereign, for no force can divide its omnipresence.

like a falcon

Live like a falcon. Let bewilderment lift you up every day and tell you secretly that the miracle called life is an endless swirling -

the scent of wholeness

Once you discover the scent of wholeness deep in your own heart, you will stop going around looking for attention. You will be conformable being alone with yourself.

The river

What is your teaching for today? I said to the river. She smiled and said, “Don’t be attached to any particular point of view, no matter how tempting that might appear. It is still a point of view. just flow. Finally, don’t believe what I am telling you. Examine it. Experiment it and see if it works for you .” she winked and went her way.

Light

If you are light itself, If you are already the source of splendor, what are you trying to attain? What do you want to accomplish? Just remember who you are –

soft and humble

If you are truly aware, the purpose of a deep pain is not to make you miserable - It is to make you soft and humble - to make you understand the mystery of existence better - to take you to a place inside you where God resides.