Stillness of mind comes from giving up all attachments except that attachment to Self. ~ Papaji
You have to be very careful, to be vigilant, to see what is coming from the mind, and to see the happiness that is coming from the Self. ~ Papaji
That ocean of eternal peace is you. What is the difficulty that we suffer from? It is that we seek peace elsewhere and do not experience that we are peace incarnate itself. ~ Papaji
Thoughts are impediments to seeing your own face. Don't give rise to any thought, and discover who you are. ~ Papaji
Now is the time to have a direct introduction to this moment. This moment is free of time, of mind, of any notions. Introduce yourself to this moment. ~ Papaji
You have to decide right now to be free once and for all. Everyone who has found freedom in this lifetime has had to make this decision. ~ Papaji
To abandon this one 'I-thought' is liberation, to cling to it is bondage. One is easy, other one is difficult. This is your choice and you have to make your choice this instant. ~ Papaji
You have to simply become aware of the movement of the mind, which begins this endless trouble. ~ Papaji
Mind can be the enemy and mind can also be the friend. It is the mind that binds and it is the mind that liberates. When the mind is attached to objects, which are transitory and impermanent, this is the mind that binds. This is the mind that is an enemy. But a mind that does not abide anywhere, on any object, is a mind that is your friend. This is the mind that liberates. It all depends on you, on what kind of company you keep in your mind. ~ Papaji
When mind moves the world arises, so be still, throw away everything, and be free. ~ Papaji
The Self alone can give you happiness. All happiness is from the Self. All trouble, sorrow and suffering is from the mind. ~ Papaji
When one abides as the Self, some divine power takes charge of one's life. All actions then take place spontaneously, and are performed very efficiently, without any mental effort or activity. ~ Papaji
Enlightenment is not about words and thoughts and concepts which can be doubted. Enlightenment is always here. By 'here' I don't mean this present space. Here is somewhere within where mind cannot reach. Presence is always here and you are always That. This here is not the opposite of 'there'. This here is nowhere, it is your Heart. When mind is still all comes back to the Heart. All the cosmos is but a speck in your Heart. Turn mind over into this 'here' and it is lost. Then only light, wisdom and love remain and This you are not different or apart from. ~ Papaji
You don't see the inner Guru because you look somewhere else. Stop looking and It will reveal itself without your effort. Just stop the mind from chasing all its loves and enjoyments. ~ Papaji
Stay quiet and the noisy surface dialogues will cease. Then the substratum will rise up to the top. It is simple. Follow this. ~ Papaji
The secret to bliss is to stop the search, stop thinking, stop not-thinking, and keep quiet. The best practice is to know "Who am I". You are Brahman, know this. If you want to do anything, just always adore Self. ~ Papaji
If there is peace in your mind you will find peace with everybody. If your mind is agitated you will find agitation everywhere. So first find peace within and you will see this inner peace reflected everywhere else. You are this peace! You are happiness, find out. Where else will you find peace if not within you? ~ Papaji
If you see the illusion you are enlightened, but if you think that you are enlightened you are in the illusion! ~ Papaji
You must stay quiet to find this and do not make any effort. Keep still. ~ Papaji
The right way to inquire is to simply ask: "Who am I?" and "where does this inquiry come from?" Simply relax and look at what happens and then discriminate where the 'I' is living. First clarify your mind and find out where the 'I' is. Once this is ascertained follow the path to where it is. You will find that you do not need to go anywhere to get to the 'I'. Instead all that you have to do is stop all the movement of the mind and you are Here. ~ Papaji
This is a good practice: keep attention on your diamond and keep the thieves away from it; keep still and be aware of thought. If you keep aware you will not have any thought because no thought comes when you watch. When you do this you are naturally in Awareness itself. ~ Papaji
No tension, no intention, simply attention. No struggle between the in and the out, just stay relaxed and at ease. ~ Papaji
When you live in This you will not have any desires for anything else; likewise, you will only be in This when you give up all desires, even the desire to be in It. Give up all desires to stay here or there or anywhere and give up the desire for 'this' and for 'that'. Give up all desires. ~ Papaji
You can give up all desires by keeping quiet. ~ Papaji
The objects of the inner dialogues are only from the past and so this chatter must be stopped, it must be controlled. This dialogue is only memory and it has to be controlled. This self-control is with small 's' and refers to controlling the mind, the thoughts of the mind. Self control is when your mind is not leaking anything perishable, when your mind touches nothing that fades. No clinging to the past, no thoughts, no expectations for any future. Keeping mind between past and future is mind control and this is your face. This is not so easy. People have been trying to do this for so long. Five thousand years ago Arjuna asked Krishna how to control the mind which is as difficult to grasp as air. Krishna said: "By Abhyasa, practice, and Vairagya, non-attachment, you will control the mind. Vairagya is being non-attached to objects. Abhyasa is bringing the mind back from its objects and establishing it in me". So sit quiet and watch the mind. It will want to go and enjoy the past experiences and enjoyments. Bring it back. If you are aware of the thief it will not steal from you, but if you are not aware then the thief will not let you be happy. It will loot the property of peace. This happens everyday and we enjoy it. We actually make friends with the snake. Keep after this inner dialogue and it will stop, if you have strong determination. All these objects of the mind are only projections. Only when you stop the projecting will you be happy. When the projection is finished then only the screen is left. This screen is the same before, during, and after the projections. When mind stops there is no projection, this is the blissful state. ~ Papaji
I don't give any exercise or practice because all practice is in time and is in mind. What I recommend is to simply stay quiet, don't make effort, don't think. This is all you have to do now. Do this now. ~ Papaji
You can't find true peace so don't try to search for it. What is left when you give up searching? ~ Papaji
It is easy. You complicate it! It is simple. Don't make any effort, stay quiet and the noisy surface dialogues will cease. Then the substratum will rise up to the top. It is simple. Follow this. ~ Papaji
When a fish is dying it is more active and so mind becomes very active in the last few minutes like a fish flopping out of the water. This fish has troubled you for so long so now feast on it. All you can do is not think and not try. ~ Papaji
Thinking brings you to the past which doesn't exist. So not thinking is the only way to stay here in peace. ~ Papaji
The happiness which Is when there is no thought, the happiness you experience in the deep sleep state, the happiness which has no known source, is your own true nature. But if you think you will suffer. So sleep in the day and keep quiet in the night. This means simply: don't think. ~ Papaji
There is no process to become silent. To disturb your mind you need process, but to stay silent there is no process. Stay in satsang, stay quiet, always have love with your own Self. You are not to win it by any attempt or effort. Simply stay quiet. If any thought rises, simply find out where it came from. ~ Papaji
Just for half of a second do not think. Do it now! Go no way and you will be in peace. You are not to make any attempt. This attempting is just the mind disturbing the mind. Don't make any attempt because peace is already there. Any attempt to find peace is throwing a stone into a calm lake. Peace is already here. You just disturb it by running outside. Don't make any effort for Peace and what will you feel? When you don't make any attempt there is no mind, but when you try to make any attempt there rises the mind which is going to disturb you. Don't make any attempt. ~ Papaji
I told you that if thoughts arise to be indifferent to them. Keep quiet and make no effort and there will only be awareness of awareness. Don't repeat the things that I speak of, but have an experience. ~ Papaji
Don't keep the past in your mind. You have to love the Self, if you don't you are rejected by the Self. Self stands with extended arms waiting for you, but you look somewhere else! "Come my child, it is enough! Now come to me and I will give you rest". But you don't listen, you just look to something else. Whose fault is this? The Beloved is waiting for you, but you are looking toward the red lights. ~ Papaji
Only the Truth is and you are That! You are the unchanging Awareness in which all activity takes place. To deny this is to suffer, to know this is Freedom. It is not difficult to realize this because it is your True Nature. Simply inquire 'Who am I?' and watch carefully. Do not make effort and do not stir a thought. Look within, approach with all-devotion and stay as Heart. Keep vigilant and you will see that nothing will arise. This is the trick of how to keep the mind quiet and how to win Freedom. This doesn't take time because Freedom is always Here. You simply have to watch: where does mind arise from? Where does thought come from? What is the source of this thought? Then you will see that you have always been Free and that everything has been a dream. ~ Papaji
The one who follows the thought is also a thought! The one who follows the thought IS in thought. When you know that both are thoughts, you are home. You are not in Home, you ARE Home. Then allow thoughts to arise and allow them to be followed. You remain as That unmoved and unconcerned Being. This is the highest understanding. ~ Papaji
Just be quiet. This quiet does not involve talking or not talking. It does not involve any doing whatsoever. Just let the mind fall into silence. This is enough. ~ Papaji
Keep Quiet! Don't stir a thought. Look within. There, you will find your own True Nature, where it has always been. ~ Papaji
Just for half of a second do not think. Do it now! Go no way and you will be in peace. You are not to make any attempt. This attempting is just the mind disturbing the mind. Don't make any attempt because peace is already there. Any attempt to find peace is throwing a stone into a calm lake. Peace is already here. You just disturb it by running outside. Don't make any effort for Peace and what will you feel? When you don't make any attempt there is no mind, but when you try to make any attempt there rises the mind which is going to disturb you. Don't make any attempt. ~ Papaji
Troubles only arise with thoughts, as the whole world arises only from thoughts. Why get yourself in all of this trouble? Simply do not think. When you don't think you don't need to do anything else. This is quite enough. And don't make any effort to not think. ~ Papaji
There is no process to become silent. To disturb your mind you need process, but to stay silent there is no process. Stay in satsang, stay quiet, always have love with your own Self. You are not to win it by any attempt or effort. Simply stay quiet. If any thought rises, simply find out where it came from. ~ Papaji
Everything that can be rejected, reject it, thoses words included. What's left? ~ Papaji
Just as space in a room is not affected by how much furniture is in the room so space is not affected by activity or by mind or by thought. You are Space, do not touch the furniture in this space, which means keep quiet, do not mentate, do not activate thoughts. If thoughts arise allow them to come and go, but don't hold on to them or let them land. Do not touch "I am the body." Instead the first and last thought must be, "I am pure infinite Consciousness, I am Love itself." ~ Papaji
Keep quiet. Simply keep still. Don't give any thought to your mind for one second. Don't stir any thought and don't make any effort, for just one second. If you understand what I speak about tell me what will happen when you don't stir a single thought from the mind and you don't make any effort. Just these two things; no effort and not giving any thought to the mind! Just for one instant. What will happen? ~ Papaji
Self is what you are, You are That Fathomless in which experience and concepts appear. Self is the moment which has no coming or going. It is the Heart, Atman, Emptiness. It shines to Itself, by Itself, in Itself. Self is what gives breath to life, you need not search for it. It is Here. You are That through which you would search. You are what you are looking for! And That is all it is. Only Self is. ~ Papaji
This instant can be called satsang, but really it has no name. If you enter into this you will discover the nature of peace, which is known as shanti. You will discover the nature of Light, of Wisdom. This will be the end of all suffering for the whole world, the end of the cycle, the end of hitchhiking from womb to womb. This is in your hands. You are here and it does not take any time - it takes just a moment. And this moment has to be exactly now. Whether it is now or next year or next birth doesn't matter. You have to return home. Everyone has to return home, all of us. Whenever it happens it will always be just now. It will always be the same moment - no moment - which gives you satsang, which indicates freedom, which is Here, Now. Freedom is already here. The concept, "I am bound." is only a notion. The concept, "I have to become enlightened after retirement." is also a notion. Get rid of all these notions and you will return to this. This is called satsang. This will lead you to Freedom, to Moksham, to Liberation, to Emancipation, to the end of the cycle of birth and death. Do this here and now. Why postpone? The mind needs to postpone. This postponement is called mind. The mind is nothing but the past. Discard all these concepts and you are free. ~ Papaji
You are what all happenings happen in. What happens must happen so remain unaffected as peace. Be peaceful and this peace will spread. What rises from peace is Peace and what rises from confusion is confusion. So be peace and give this to the universe, it is all you should do. Even thinking "I am Peace" disturbs this peace, so just be quiet, be as you are. ~ Papaji
Surrender, let Silence have you. Surrender to the source, Surrender to awareness, this is the only place of protection. Surrender your heart and you will know all. Surrender to Consciousness and Bliss. Surrender means to surrender your bondage and to simply be Freedom. Surrender is the ego bowing down to its Source. No more demands or commands, but putting all in the hands of Source. Submit to Consciousness and Bliss and you will be happy. Surrender the addiction to your senses. You don't need to stop them, but you need to have perfect control over them. Ego is a poor driver of these five horses, but the Atman charioteer will not make a mistake. Surrender the reigns of your senses to the Atman. As the river surrenders to the ocean, surrender yourself to the Self, the Source. And if you find you are still swimming on the surface of the ocean: stop swimming and you will sink into the depths of Love. ~ Papaji
Keep quiet for some time, and It will reveal Itself. ~ Papaji
When you meditate, the ego rises and you become the meditator. In this process, you objectify Reality, which is actually who you truly are. So the best meditation is to simply keep quiet here. Don't follow any thought and don't activate the mind. This is true meditation. Knowing that you are meditating is not true meditation. When you keep quiet here, there is no meditator. There is nothing to achieve in the future, because everything is already here. The meditator rises from here. When you keep quiet that is no meditator, no meditation and no object of meditation. This is Existence-Consciousness-Bliss Itself. It is in this instant, in this space, It is who you are, desireless, Perfect Self. In the twinkling of an eye you are free! ~ Papaji
Even thinking "I am Peace" disturbs this peace, so just be quiet, be as you are. ~ Papaji
Let the mind sleep; you stay awake. ~ Papaji
The purpose of life is to be at peace, To love all beings, and know who you are. Know your Self and you know everything. This immaculate knowledge alone is, Emptiness alone is. How can you come out of emptiness if there are no limits to it? The appearance of a manifestation is but lila of this Emptiness. Know who you are, here and now, by simply being quiet. You are this moment, introduce yourself to This, do not attach your mind to any direction. No sadhana, no past, no future, not even emptiness of your heart, not even space. To be free forever introduce yourself to this Moment. This Moment is always this Moment, It will not change. It is freedom, free from mind and concepts, and is your fundamental birthright. The best use of this Moment is to drown in It. Keep quiet, you are inside of the inside, do not dwell anywhere and make no effort. The concept of effort and practice is bondage. Just keep quiet, wherever you are, just keep quiet. ~ Papaji
Be quiet, don't think, don't make effort. To be bound takes effort, to be free takes no effort. Peace is beyond thought and effort. Do not think and do not make effort because This only obscures That, and will never reveal That. This is why keeping quiet is the key to the storehouse of love and peace. This quietness is no-mind, this no-thought is freedom. Identify yourself as this Nothingness, as this Quietness, and be careful not to make it an experience because this is mind tricking you out of it with the trap of duality; the trap of witness and witnessed. Being is Being, there is no witness and no witnessed. Experiencing it is to say "I am Free", which is exactly the same trap as saying "I am bound." After letting go of object, do not hold onto the subject either. Let go, be quiet. ~ Papaji
Look within, approach with all devotion, stay as Heart. Only adore yourself, worship your Self, and seek your Self, and the rest will be taken care of. Avoid useless activities and pleasures. Simply keep quiet, this is Sahaja Bhav, the natural state. If you want to wake up, don't think and do not make effort. This is the only way. This may appear as wisdom with inquiry or as love by devotion, but both are the same. True wisdom is the love of Self. The Supreme Self, the dearest love, the source of joy, must be meditated on day and night whatever you are doing, if you want freedom now. Disregard everything else, see only That, and all will be added to you. Only contemplate existence. This contemplation is to just be. Go straight to the Light. ~ Papaji
Don't use your mind; this is meditation. ~ Papaji
Without thoughts, there's no mind. ~ Papaji
Keep quiet. Don't think. Don't move. ~ Papaji
You have to be very careful, to be vigilant, to see what is coming from the mind, and to see the happiness that is coming from the Self. ~ Papaji
That ocean of eternal peace is you. What is the difficulty that we suffer from? It is that we seek peace elsewhere and do not experience that we are peace incarnate itself. ~ Papaji
Thoughts are impediments to seeing your own face. Don't give rise to any thought, and discover who you are. ~ Papaji
Now is the time to have a direct introduction to this moment. This moment is free of time, of mind, of any notions. Introduce yourself to this moment. ~ Papaji
You have to decide right now to be free once and for all. Everyone who has found freedom in this lifetime has had to make this decision. ~ Papaji
To abandon this one 'I-thought' is liberation, to cling to it is bondage. One is easy, other one is difficult. This is your choice and you have to make your choice this instant. ~ Papaji
You have to simply become aware of the movement of the mind, which begins this endless trouble. ~ Papaji
Mind can be the enemy and mind can also be the friend. It is the mind that binds and it is the mind that liberates. When the mind is attached to objects, which are transitory and impermanent, this is the mind that binds. This is the mind that is an enemy. But a mind that does not abide anywhere, on any object, is a mind that is your friend. This is the mind that liberates. It all depends on you, on what kind of company you keep in your mind. ~ Papaji
When mind moves the world arises, so be still, throw away everything, and be free. ~ Papaji
The Self alone can give you happiness. All happiness is from the Self. All trouble, sorrow and suffering is from the mind. ~ Papaji
When one abides as the Self, some divine power takes charge of one's life. All actions then take place spontaneously, and are performed very efficiently, without any mental effort or activity. ~ Papaji
Enlightenment is not about words and thoughts and concepts which can be doubted. Enlightenment is always here. By 'here' I don't mean this present space. Here is somewhere within where mind cannot reach. Presence is always here and you are always That. This here is not the opposite of 'there'. This here is nowhere, it is your Heart. When mind is still all comes back to the Heart. All the cosmos is but a speck in your Heart. Turn mind over into this 'here' and it is lost. Then only light, wisdom and love remain and This you are not different or apart from. ~ Papaji
You don't see the inner Guru because you look somewhere else. Stop looking and It will reveal itself without your effort. Just stop the mind from chasing all its loves and enjoyments. ~ Papaji
Stay quiet and the noisy surface dialogues will cease. Then the substratum will rise up to the top. It is simple. Follow this. ~ Papaji
The secret to bliss is to stop the search, stop thinking, stop not-thinking, and keep quiet. The best practice is to know "Who am I". You are Brahman, know this. If you want to do anything, just always adore Self. ~ Papaji
If there is peace in your mind you will find peace with everybody. If your mind is agitated you will find agitation everywhere. So first find peace within and you will see this inner peace reflected everywhere else. You are this peace! You are happiness, find out. Where else will you find peace if not within you? ~ Papaji
If you see the illusion you are enlightened, but if you think that you are enlightened you are in the illusion! ~ Papaji
You must stay quiet to find this and do not make any effort. Keep still. ~ Papaji
The right way to inquire is to simply ask: "Who am I?" and "where does this inquiry come from?" Simply relax and look at what happens and then discriminate where the 'I' is living. First clarify your mind and find out where the 'I' is. Once this is ascertained follow the path to where it is. You will find that you do not need to go anywhere to get to the 'I'. Instead all that you have to do is stop all the movement of the mind and you are Here. ~ Papaji
This is a good practice: keep attention on your diamond and keep the thieves away from it; keep still and be aware of thought. If you keep aware you will not have any thought because no thought comes when you watch. When you do this you are naturally in Awareness itself. ~ Papaji
No tension, no intention, simply attention. No struggle between the in and the out, just stay relaxed and at ease. ~ Papaji
When you live in This you will not have any desires for anything else; likewise, you will only be in This when you give up all desires, even the desire to be in It. Give up all desires to stay here or there or anywhere and give up the desire for 'this' and for 'that'. Give up all desires. ~ Papaji
You can give up all desires by keeping quiet. ~ Papaji
The objects of the inner dialogues are only from the past and so this chatter must be stopped, it must be controlled. This dialogue is only memory and it has to be controlled. This self-control is with small 's' and refers to controlling the mind, the thoughts of the mind. Self control is when your mind is not leaking anything perishable, when your mind touches nothing that fades. No clinging to the past, no thoughts, no expectations for any future. Keeping mind between past and future is mind control and this is your face. This is not so easy. People have been trying to do this for so long. Five thousand years ago Arjuna asked Krishna how to control the mind which is as difficult to grasp as air. Krishna said: "By Abhyasa, practice, and Vairagya, non-attachment, you will control the mind. Vairagya is being non-attached to objects. Abhyasa is bringing the mind back from its objects and establishing it in me". So sit quiet and watch the mind. It will want to go and enjoy the past experiences and enjoyments. Bring it back. If you are aware of the thief it will not steal from you, but if you are not aware then the thief will not let you be happy. It will loot the property of peace. This happens everyday and we enjoy it. We actually make friends with the snake. Keep after this inner dialogue and it will stop, if you have strong determination. All these objects of the mind are only projections. Only when you stop the projecting will you be happy. When the projection is finished then only the screen is left. This screen is the same before, during, and after the projections. When mind stops there is no projection, this is the blissful state. ~ Papaji
I don't give any exercise or practice because all practice is in time and is in mind. What I recommend is to simply stay quiet, don't make effort, don't think. This is all you have to do now. Do this now. ~ Papaji
You can't find true peace so don't try to search for it. What is left when you give up searching? ~ Papaji
It is easy. You complicate it! It is simple. Don't make any effort, stay quiet and the noisy surface dialogues will cease. Then the substratum will rise up to the top. It is simple. Follow this. ~ Papaji
When a fish is dying it is more active and so mind becomes very active in the last few minutes like a fish flopping out of the water. This fish has troubled you for so long so now feast on it. All you can do is not think and not try. ~ Papaji
Thinking brings you to the past which doesn't exist. So not thinking is the only way to stay here in peace. ~ Papaji
The happiness which Is when there is no thought, the happiness you experience in the deep sleep state, the happiness which has no known source, is your own true nature. But if you think you will suffer. So sleep in the day and keep quiet in the night. This means simply: don't think. ~ Papaji
There is no process to become silent. To disturb your mind you need process, but to stay silent there is no process. Stay in satsang, stay quiet, always have love with your own Self. You are not to win it by any attempt or effort. Simply stay quiet. If any thought rises, simply find out where it came from. ~ Papaji
Just for half of a second do not think. Do it now! Go no way and you will be in peace. You are not to make any attempt. This attempting is just the mind disturbing the mind. Don't make any attempt because peace is already there. Any attempt to find peace is throwing a stone into a calm lake. Peace is already here. You just disturb it by running outside. Don't make any effort for Peace and what will you feel? When you don't make any attempt there is no mind, but when you try to make any attempt there rises the mind which is going to disturb you. Don't make any attempt. ~ Papaji
I told you that if thoughts arise to be indifferent to them. Keep quiet and make no effort and there will only be awareness of awareness. Don't repeat the things that I speak of, but have an experience. ~ Papaji
Don't keep the past in your mind. You have to love the Self, if you don't you are rejected by the Self. Self stands with extended arms waiting for you, but you look somewhere else! "Come my child, it is enough! Now come to me and I will give you rest". But you don't listen, you just look to something else. Whose fault is this? The Beloved is waiting for you, but you are looking toward the red lights. ~ Papaji
Only the Truth is and you are That! You are the unchanging Awareness in which all activity takes place. To deny this is to suffer, to know this is Freedom. It is not difficult to realize this because it is your True Nature. Simply inquire 'Who am I?' and watch carefully. Do not make effort and do not stir a thought. Look within, approach with all-devotion and stay as Heart. Keep vigilant and you will see that nothing will arise. This is the trick of how to keep the mind quiet and how to win Freedom. This doesn't take time because Freedom is always Here. You simply have to watch: where does mind arise from? Where does thought come from? What is the source of this thought? Then you will see that you have always been Free and that everything has been a dream. ~ Papaji
The one who follows the thought is also a thought! The one who follows the thought IS in thought. When you know that both are thoughts, you are home. You are not in Home, you ARE Home. Then allow thoughts to arise and allow them to be followed. You remain as That unmoved and unconcerned Being. This is the highest understanding. ~ Papaji
Just be quiet. This quiet does not involve talking or not talking. It does not involve any doing whatsoever. Just let the mind fall into silence. This is enough. ~ Papaji
Keep Quiet! Don't stir a thought. Look within. There, you will find your own True Nature, where it has always been. ~ Papaji
Just for half of a second do not think. Do it now! Go no way and you will be in peace. You are not to make any attempt. This attempting is just the mind disturbing the mind. Don't make any attempt because peace is already there. Any attempt to find peace is throwing a stone into a calm lake. Peace is already here. You just disturb it by running outside. Don't make any effort for Peace and what will you feel? When you don't make any attempt there is no mind, but when you try to make any attempt there rises the mind which is going to disturb you. Don't make any attempt. ~ Papaji
Troubles only arise with thoughts, as the whole world arises only from thoughts. Why get yourself in all of this trouble? Simply do not think. When you don't think you don't need to do anything else. This is quite enough. And don't make any effort to not think. ~ Papaji
There is no process to become silent. To disturb your mind you need process, but to stay silent there is no process. Stay in satsang, stay quiet, always have love with your own Self. You are not to win it by any attempt or effort. Simply stay quiet. If any thought rises, simply find out where it came from. ~ Papaji
Everything that can be rejected, reject it, thoses words included. What's left? ~ Papaji
Just as space in a room is not affected by how much furniture is in the room so space is not affected by activity or by mind or by thought. You are Space, do not touch the furniture in this space, which means keep quiet, do not mentate, do not activate thoughts. If thoughts arise allow them to come and go, but don't hold on to them or let them land. Do not touch "I am the body." Instead the first and last thought must be, "I am pure infinite Consciousness, I am Love itself." ~ Papaji
Keep quiet. Simply keep still. Don't give any thought to your mind for one second. Don't stir any thought and don't make any effort, for just one second. If you understand what I speak about tell me what will happen when you don't stir a single thought from the mind and you don't make any effort. Just these two things; no effort and not giving any thought to the mind! Just for one instant. What will happen? ~ Papaji
Self is what you are, You are That Fathomless in which experience and concepts appear. Self is the moment which has no coming or going. It is the Heart, Atman, Emptiness. It shines to Itself, by Itself, in Itself. Self is what gives breath to life, you need not search for it. It is Here. You are That through which you would search. You are what you are looking for! And That is all it is. Only Self is. ~ Papaji
This instant can be called satsang, but really it has no name. If you enter into this you will discover the nature of peace, which is known as shanti. You will discover the nature of Light, of Wisdom. This will be the end of all suffering for the whole world, the end of the cycle, the end of hitchhiking from womb to womb. This is in your hands. You are here and it does not take any time - it takes just a moment. And this moment has to be exactly now. Whether it is now or next year or next birth doesn't matter. You have to return home. Everyone has to return home, all of us. Whenever it happens it will always be just now. It will always be the same moment - no moment - which gives you satsang, which indicates freedom, which is Here, Now. Freedom is already here. The concept, "I am bound." is only a notion. The concept, "I have to become enlightened after retirement." is also a notion. Get rid of all these notions and you will return to this. This is called satsang. This will lead you to Freedom, to Moksham, to Liberation, to Emancipation, to the end of the cycle of birth and death. Do this here and now. Why postpone? The mind needs to postpone. This postponement is called mind. The mind is nothing but the past. Discard all these concepts and you are free. ~ Papaji
You are what all happenings happen in. What happens must happen so remain unaffected as peace. Be peaceful and this peace will spread. What rises from peace is Peace and what rises from confusion is confusion. So be peace and give this to the universe, it is all you should do. Even thinking "I am Peace" disturbs this peace, so just be quiet, be as you are. ~ Papaji
Surrender, let Silence have you. Surrender to the source, Surrender to awareness, this is the only place of protection. Surrender your heart and you will know all. Surrender to Consciousness and Bliss. Surrender means to surrender your bondage and to simply be Freedom. Surrender is the ego bowing down to its Source. No more demands or commands, but putting all in the hands of Source. Submit to Consciousness and Bliss and you will be happy. Surrender the addiction to your senses. You don't need to stop them, but you need to have perfect control over them. Ego is a poor driver of these five horses, but the Atman charioteer will not make a mistake. Surrender the reigns of your senses to the Atman. As the river surrenders to the ocean, surrender yourself to the Self, the Source. And if you find you are still swimming on the surface of the ocean: stop swimming and you will sink into the depths of Love. ~ Papaji
Keep quiet for some time, and It will reveal Itself. ~ Papaji
When you meditate, the ego rises and you become the meditator. In this process, you objectify Reality, which is actually who you truly are. So the best meditation is to simply keep quiet here. Don't follow any thought and don't activate the mind. This is true meditation. Knowing that you are meditating is not true meditation. When you keep quiet here, there is no meditator. There is nothing to achieve in the future, because everything is already here. The meditator rises from here. When you keep quiet that is no meditator, no meditation and no object of meditation. This is Existence-Consciousness-Bliss Itself. It is in this instant, in this space, It is who you are, desireless, Perfect Self. In the twinkling of an eye you are free! ~ Papaji
Even thinking "I am Peace" disturbs this peace, so just be quiet, be as you are. ~ Papaji
Let the mind sleep; you stay awake. ~ Papaji
The purpose of life is to be at peace, To love all beings, and know who you are. Know your Self and you know everything. This immaculate knowledge alone is, Emptiness alone is. How can you come out of emptiness if there are no limits to it? The appearance of a manifestation is but lila of this Emptiness. Know who you are, here and now, by simply being quiet. You are this moment, introduce yourself to This, do not attach your mind to any direction. No sadhana, no past, no future, not even emptiness of your heart, not even space. To be free forever introduce yourself to this Moment. This Moment is always this Moment, It will not change. It is freedom, free from mind and concepts, and is your fundamental birthright. The best use of this Moment is to drown in It. Keep quiet, you are inside of the inside, do not dwell anywhere and make no effort. The concept of effort and practice is bondage. Just keep quiet, wherever you are, just keep quiet. ~ Papaji
Be quiet, don't think, don't make effort. To be bound takes effort, to be free takes no effort. Peace is beyond thought and effort. Do not think and do not make effort because This only obscures That, and will never reveal That. This is why keeping quiet is the key to the storehouse of love and peace. This quietness is no-mind, this no-thought is freedom. Identify yourself as this Nothingness, as this Quietness, and be careful not to make it an experience because this is mind tricking you out of it with the trap of duality; the trap of witness and witnessed. Being is Being, there is no witness and no witnessed. Experiencing it is to say "I am Free", which is exactly the same trap as saying "I am bound." After letting go of object, do not hold onto the subject either. Let go, be quiet. ~ Papaji
Look within, approach with all devotion, stay as Heart. Only adore yourself, worship your Self, and seek your Self, and the rest will be taken care of. Avoid useless activities and pleasures. Simply keep quiet, this is Sahaja Bhav, the natural state. If you want to wake up, don't think and do not make effort. This is the only way. This may appear as wisdom with inquiry or as love by devotion, but both are the same. True wisdom is the love of Self. The Supreme Self, the dearest love, the source of joy, must be meditated on day and night whatever you are doing, if you want freedom now. Disregard everything else, see only That, and all will be added to you. Only contemplate existence. This contemplation is to just be. Go straight to the Light. ~ Papaji
Don't use your mind; this is meditation. ~ Papaji
Without thoughts, there's no mind. ~ Papaji
Keep quiet. Don't think. Don't move. ~ Papaji