It is easy to understand God
It is easy to understand God as long as you don’t try to explain him. – Joubert
Contemplation
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What lies within
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Mirror of eternity
Place your mind before the mirror of eternity, place your soul in the brightness of His glory, place your heart in the image of the divine essence and transform yourself by contemplation utterly into the image of His divinity, that you too may feel what His friends feel as they taste the hidden sweetness that…
He travels with whoever looks for Him
He travels with whoever looks for Him, and having taken the seeker by the hand, He arouses him to go in search of himself. – Al-Ansari
Finding happiness
It is difficult to find happiness in oneself but it is impossible to find it anywhere else. – Schopenhauer
The I that sees me
There was a young man who said ‘though It seems that I know that I know, What I would like to see Is the I that sees me When I know that I know that I know’. – Alan Watts
The richest gem of all
Dwell, O mind, within yourself; Enter no other’s home. If you but seek there, you will find All you are searching for. God, the true Philosopher’s Stone, Who answers every prayer, Lies hidden deep within your heart, The richest gem of all. How many pearls and precious stones Are scattered all about The outer court…
The wind in the pine trees
No writing on the solitary, meditative dimensions of life can say anything that has not already been said better by the wind in the pine trees. – Thomas Merton
The best act of worship
The best act of worship is watchfulness of the moments. That is, that the servant not look beyond his limit, and not contemplate anything other than his Lord, and not associate with anything other than his present moment. – Abu Bakr Muhammad Al-Wasiti
The silence of the mountain
You are all searching for the silence of the mountain. But you’re looking for something outside. This silence is accessible to you right now, inside the center of your own being. – Ramana Maharshi