Just as the pure crystal takes color from the object which is nearest to it, so the mind, when it is cleared of thought-waves, achieves sameness or identity with the object of its concentration.

Just as the pure crystal takes color from the object which is nearest to it, so the mind, when it is cleared of thought-waves, achieves sameness or identity with the object of its concentration.

When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds.

Be happy for those who are happy, have compassion towards the unhappy, and maintain equanimity towards the wicked.

Progress is mediation comes swiftly for those who try their hardest.

The heart and mind can find peace and harmony by contemplating the transcendental nature of the true self as supreme effulgent life.

Sexual activity, and the thoughts and fantasies of sex, use up a great portion of our vital force. When that force is conserved through abstinence, it becomes sublimated as spiritual energy.