Focused awareness of the Self in one direction (upayog) is considered enlightened awareness (jagruti).

The worldly life means a market place of sensual pleasures. Worldly life means false (temporary) happiness all the time. And moksha (liberation) means permanent happiness all the time.

Believing happiness to be in the eternal thing is called the enlightened vision (samkit).

There is no happiness in what worldly people believe happiness in, there is happiness in what Gnani [the enlightened one] believes the happiness in. What people regard as happiness is not happiness.

Things do not give unhappiness, ignorance (of one’s real Self) does.

One who experiences prasantta [blissful happiness] within, he will have prasantta [blissful happiness] externally. The mind is a mirror (reflection) for the external.

The law of nature is such that everyone gets happiness according to their needs. The ‘tender’ that everyone (of us) fills out, is indeed fulfilled.

The ‘egoism’ that is used to hurt others will hurt one’s own self. The ‘egoism’ that is used to give happiness to others becomes cause for his own happiness.

A person who thinks he is right, causes great hurt to others and that is why hurt will come to him. A person who believes ‘I am right’, causes a lot of pain to others.

Without the 'applied awareness' of the Soul, 'happiness' cannot arise.

Your success in worldly life (sansar) is in proportion to your faith and truthfulness!

Everyone will not favor you or respect your beliefs, passion and purpose--so be it. But do not allow the views of others to hinder your quest. Remain steadfast.

Sometimes the only thing to do is to take the thing that you must have. Even if someone gets hurt.

People of balance age as gracefully as wines of balance.

Abolish music prejudices. Form opinions and love music for itself, not its genre, performer(s) or popularity status.

Love is the light that you see by.

The message of love and compassion will travel far and wide if all who follow a spiritual path work together in harmony and mutual respect.

Each goodly thing is hardest to begin.

Let your countenance be pleasant, but in serious matters let it be somewhat grave.

The Three Branches of Government: Money, Television, and Bullshit

Why does God allow evil in the world? To thicken the plot.