People always tend to identify, instinctively, freedom with abandon.But the type of abandon that seeks personal gratification always gets you "tied up in a knot."Abandon instead your personal fears and desires...and you, the real you, will become freed, released from the bonds of your own mind.
Sivaya SubramuniyaswamiThe object in being on the spiritual path is not to have just a little influx of energy, but to be the energy itself - consciously.
Sivaya SubramuniyaswamiSelf Realization is finding That which is beyond even superconsciousness itself, beyond the mind-timeless, causeless, spaceless.
Sivaya SubramuniyaswamiListen for silence in noisy places; feel at peace in the midst of disturbance; awaken joy when there is no reason.
Sivaya SubramuniyaswamiThis physical world, though necessary to our evolution, is the embodiment of impermanence, of constant change. Thus, we take care not to become overly attached to it.
Sivaya Subramuniyaswami