When you approach a writing such as this, it is helpful to keep in mind that the various quotations or sayings were made by people for reasons dictated by their own personal development, needs at hand, consciousness at that moment, purposes - both immediate and in a greater sense, and intuition and awareness of what needed to be expressed. What you read
is an expression (expiration). To gain an impression/inspiration, breathe in what was expressed.
| "The Breath is an absolute, profound, and pure way of communication from all planes of existence to all other planes. - S.A.M.
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| "Once there was a prodigy of learning at a Talmudic College. His fame was spread far and wide, and great scholars came to talk to him, and marvel over his wonderful store of knowledge.
One day an eminent Talmudic authority arrived and asked the head of the institution, "Tell me, Rabbi, is it true that the young man knows so much?"
"To be candid with you," answered the Rabbi with a smile, "the young fellow studies so much, I don't see where he can find the time to know." Jewish tale.
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| "O pedant, sift, all your life, the writings and the sayings of the Wise. But first of all learn one thing: you are using a sieve which lets through the chaff and discards the nutrient, the wheat." _Shab-Parak .......... |
| "He who is filled with the knowledge of names and forms has no capacity for the knowledge of God." - Inayat Khan .......... |
| "Tz'u, do you think I am one who knows because of extensive learning?" "Yes, is it not so?" "No, there is one central idea that runs through all of my teachings. A man can enlarge the Tao, but the Tao cannot enlarge the man. Do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself."
- Confucious
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| "When I am in Love, I am ashamed of all I have ever said about love. Although a commentary in words makes things clear, Wordless Love is yet clearer and more illuminating ... Like the pen which was busily writing, until it came to Love, and then split apart." - Rumi .......... |
| "When the aspirant repeats the name of God, his mind gets attuned with the sound of it and it tastes very sweet to him because he is singing the name of his Beloved. The
mind is like a serpent gliding here and there. If you sing to it the divine Name it becomes still. The mind free from desires becomes calm and serene. In the serene mind God's light shines and the aspirant becomes conscious of Him within. He is now a mould, as it were, into which God pours himself." -Swami Ramdas
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"The name of the Divine is usually called for protection, for adoration, for increase in Bhakti, for the opening up of the inner consciousness, for the realization of the Divine in that aspect. As far as it is necessary to work in the subconscious for that, the Name must be effective there. - Sri Aurobindo .......... |