The Spirit is like the steady axis of a wheel. If our attention reaches the immovable firm axis at the very centre of the wheel of our existence (which is constantly moving), we become enlightened by the Spirit, the source of inner peace, and reach a state of complete calm and self-knowledge.
Nirmala SrivastavaThe source of joy is within yourself. Unless and until you seek yourself you cannot seek God.
Nirmala SrivastavaYou cannot intellectualize the Divine. You have to experience it on your central nervous system.
Nirmala SrivastavaWhen you know yourself you are surprised that what is the greatest thing for you is to love and to be loved.
Nirmala SrivastavaThis ego business has come from various sources, you know that, but it has to be cleansed out. Like when the river flows all kinds of dirt, filth flows into it, but when it meets the sea it becomes the sea. In the same way you have to become that. To become the sea what you have to do is to forget all these tributaries which were coming into you, and all these wrong ideas which came to you.
Nirmala Srivastava