To understand oneself profoundly, one needs balance. Neither renunciation nor acquiescence.
As the heat of a fire reduces wood to ashes, the fire of knowledge burns to ashes all karma. Nothing in this world purifies like spiritual wisdom. It is the perfection achieved in time through the path of yoga, the path which leads to the Self within.
I believe compassion to be one of the few things we can practice that will bring immediate and long-term happiness to our lives.
Life is busy. There are daily obligations that have to be met. Take time to think about how precious and special human life is - you only get one such life. Every wasted minute is lost. You can’t get it back.
The word enlightenment conjures up the idea of some superhuman accomplishment, and the ego likes to keep it that way, but it is simply your natural state of felt oneness with Being.
It is important we cultivate love and compassion to all the sentient beings which is the way to to bring peace to all.
