Thoughts

Put your thoughts to sleep, do not let them cast a shadow over the moon of your heart.

~Rumi

Peace

Under the obsessive thoughts and plans, under the emotions, positive and negative, there is an ocean of peace.

~Gangaji

Silence

In between two thoughts, what is there?

~Mooji

Beneath

Be the silent watcher of your thoughts and behaviour. You are beneath the thinker. You are the stillness beneath the mental noise. You are the love and joy beneath the pain.

~Eckhart Tolle

Mindful

To be mindful means to be here, fully present, and fully alive, unencumbered by thoughts of the past or the future, our worries, or our projects.

~Thich Nhat Hanh

Questions

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.

~Voltaire

Detachment

Thoughts appear and disappear but they are not “mine” so they don’t bother me.

~Papaji

Be quiet

Change no one. Change nothing. React to no one. React to nothing. Do not live in the past, and do not worry about the future. Stay in the eternal now, where all is well. After all, you are me, and I am you. There’s no difference. Do not react to the world. Do not even react to your own body. Do not even react to your own thoughts. Learn to become the witness. Learn to be quiet.

~Robert Adams

Emotions

I don’t want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.

~Oscar Wilde

Your thoughts

Do not allow your thoughts to become greater than you. No matter what your thoughts tell you, don’t listen. Remember your thoughts are not your friend. Your thoughts try to confound you, confuse you. And they will tell you all kinds of things. Do not listen to your thoughts, even your good thoughts. Transcend everything, go beyond your thoughts to your bliss, to your joy and to your happiness.

~Robert Adams