Paradise is within you, in your state of no-mind. And hell is also within you, in your very mind.

NOW is the only reality. All else is either memory or imagination.

This mind is a prison. It cannot find any freedom anywhere. It must die before freedom comes to you. But we have taken the mind as us, we are identified with it. This death of mind never happens to us, it never occurs to us.

The word 'sin' is beautiful; it comes from a root which means 'forgetfulness'. You may not be able to see the connection between forgetfulness and sin, but there IS a connection: forgetfulness means unawareness, unconsciousness.

Misery is nothing but the shadow of attachment. And hence all stagnancy. The attached person becomes a stagnant pool - sooner or later he will stink. He flows no more.

If you become a little alert you will find love, light, laughter, everywhere.

Life is happiness and unhappiness. Life is day and night, life is life and death. You have to be aware of both.