"Try to realize that the body is not you, the emotions are not you, the intellect is not you.  When all of these are stilled, you find something else is there; hold onto that and it will reveal itself."

"...understand that you are not actually doing the witnessing. Of whatever happens, sitting in the morning, or the visions that come to you, merely look at them, but understand that you are not looking at them, there is no "you" as an entity witnessing them; witnessing takes place by itself.  So just be in your meditation and witnessing takes place of whatever there is to be witnessed. And don't even involve yourself in the witnessing. There is daylight outside.  Well, we see it; we don't have to make a statement: Ah, I am seeing the daylight there! So we are not witnessing; witnessing takes place automatically.

"Therefore, understand always that you are the timeless, spaceless witness. And even if the mind tells you that you are the one who is acting, don't believe the mind. Always keep your identity separate from that which is doing the working, thinking,  and talking.  That which has happened---that is, the apparatus which is functioning---has come upon your original essence, but you are not that apparatus. This is to be kept firmly in mind."

"The mind is continuously flowing; that means the words are continuously welling up. When you do not get involved with the thought process or the flow of words, or the flow of the mind, you are not the mind. When you are in a position to observe the mind, you are other than the mind. 

"Individuals who realize in consciousness the real nature of their 'I AM I,' and who recognizes its impregnable position, may stand on the solid rock of their own Selfhood ( which is grounded on the base of All-Power ) and from that point may defy the winds of negative thought influences, and the waves of popular mental epidemics which sweep away the resting places of those who have built upon the sands of superficial personality. Your Real Self is a mighty fortress, of the gates of which YOU alone hold the key. Nothing can enter its walls unless you give it permission."

"We must see liberation as a return. We must return to the

unlimited self, the non-mechanical self."

           The Power of your Supermind, Chap. 14, p. 184

"Cease to believe in the power of the imaginary self, and watch

the arrival of cosmic strength."

            1500 Ways to Escape the Human Jungle, # 446

"Each day take one more short step forward."

                Secrets for Higher Success, p. 52

"The goal of the hero's journey is yourself, finding yourself."

"The entire heavenly realm is within us..."

"NEWNESS IN THE NOW

A good and thoughtful king offered a ride in his carriage to a

weary traveler on the road.  Having been treated badly by evil

kings, the traveler hesitantly asked, ‘Sir, what must I give in

return?’  The understanding king replied, ‘Just one thing.

Your acceptance of the offer.’

Let the answer to life be as acceptable as it is simple. You will

travel fast! People endlessly ask, 'How can I feel well?' The only

possible answer is, 'Be well.' But this arouses instant resistance,

for it means we must turn away from old and habitual roads, and this

frightens our old nature.

Don't let habit tell you what to do.' Don't let the past control your

thinking. Accept the offer of newness in the now. Just accept."

          Esoteric Encyclopedia of Eternal Knowledge, p. 143

"There is only one absolute Truth, and all other truths emanate from it. When you find that Truth, your actions will be in alignment with it. Human action can reflect the Truth, or it can reflect illusion.  Can the Truth be put into words? Yes, but the words are, of course, not it. They only point to it.

The Truth is inseparable from who you are. Yes, you are the Truth. If you look for it elsewhere, you will be deceived every time. The very being that you are is Truth...and being in touch with it, is your natural state, not some miraculous achievement---all your actions and achievements will reflect the oneness with all life that you sense deep within....

'Love and do what you will,' said St. Augustine. Words cannot get much closer to the Truth than that."

"But don't try to be yourself. That's another role. It's called 'natural spontaneous me.' As soon as you are trying to be this or that, you are playing a role.  'Just be yourself' is good advice. But it can also be misleading. The mind will come in and say, 'Let's see. How can I be myself?' Then the mind will develop some kind of strategy: 'How to be myself?' Another role. 'How can I be myself?' is, in fact, the wrong question. It implies you have to do something to be yourself. But how doesn't apply here because you are yourself already.  Just stop adding unnecessary baggage to who you already are.  'But I don't know who I am. I don't know what it means to be myself.' If you can be absolutely comfortable with not knowing who you are, then what's left is who you are---the Being behind the human, a field of pure personality rather than something that is already defined.

Give up defining yourself---to yourself or to others. You won't die. You will come to life. And don't be concerned how others define you. They are limiting themselves, so it's their problem. Whenever you interact with people, don't be there as function or a role, but as a field of conscious Presence."

"It's so stupid not to go through life with everything you want; with nothing but extreme joy, peace, loveliness every moment; when that is your inherent natural state.  It takes no effort to be what you are.  It does take extreme effort to be what you are not: a body with trouble, sicknesses, and needing this and needing that.  It takes effort to be what you're not. But to be what you are takes as much effort as you men would need to be male and as you women would need to be female. It takes no effort to be what you are. And yet, you persist in using effort to be what you are not. It's really stupid! 


You're using effort in trying to make yourself effortless, that's impossible.  It's a contradiction. You've got to stop using effort.  You've got to let go and let be. That's what's meant by 'Let go let God.' You are it, you're the god. Let go and let your Self be. However, it seems to take much effort because you are using tremendous effort to hold onto and maintain your non-self, your ego, and there is where your effort is. It takes no effort to be what you are, the Self."

"Returning to The Natural State while remaining here and playing The Human Game is 
an amazing experience that can't be adequately described in words! 


...for those who want to go all the way, who want to reach a True pinnacle of 
what’s possible while playing The Human Game...it takes a true 
commitment.


It takes a commitment to examine everything, hold nothing sacred or off limits, and 
trust The Real You (even when it's tough to do so). 


It takes a commitment to acknowledge, accept and appreciate the Power and 
Magnificence of who you really are, and the “miracle” You pulled off...
convincing yourself you were the opposite of who you really are in an illusory world 
that’s not real."

"Wherever the mind wanders, restless and diffuse in its search for satisfaction without, lead it within; train it to rest in the Self."

Mental Noting

"The technique of mental noting ( naming experience as it unfolds ) is particularly useful in maintaining continuity of mindfulness throughout an activity and during shifts in activities. It keeps the attention focused on present experience while you are showering or making a bed. Or while you're going from taking a shower to making the bed to sitting down to resting the attention in the breath.


People sometimes hesitate to use mental noting because it seems odd to them.  It is odd. But it's very helpful. It tends to keep the mind clear and unconfused. Whatever you are doing now, keep track of your experience. Tracking starts out as a technique. But it ends up a habit.


In the early days of my practice, I felt tremendous resistance to doing mental noting especially in the periods of going from one activity to another... mental noting often seemed an extra burden. I would consider doing it and then decide, 'Naah, this doesn't make sense.'  At some point or other, I took the instruction seriously and said to myself, 'Go for it---just do it. Don't think about it. Don't evaluate it, don't figure it out, just do it.' 


When I did, everything changed. At first, I felt I was talking to myself. 'Stepping, stepping, stepping, stepping, reaching, touching, turning, pulling.' Then suddenly, I was present to myself. My experience changed from lifting my arm and saying, 'lifting, lifting, lifting' to, all of a sudden, knowing lifting. I knew it in a different way than I'd known it before. 


Mental noting is not mindfulness. Mental noting is naming experience.  Naming experience, bringing unwavering attention attention to experience, leads to mindfulness. Experiencing mindfulness feels different from talking about mindfulness. 


A moment of mindfulness can feel ecstatic. I remember being amazed when I first began to discover the difference between to talking about an experience and being the experience. The discovery of the rapture of mindfulness blew me away.  Walking in a careful way, very present, I thought, 'Talk about bizarre. This is bizarre. I'm totally thrilled about putting my foot down and knowing I'm putting my foot down.'  Putting a foot down is not normally the sort of thing we think of as thrilling. But it is thrilling. Mindfulness is thrilling."