It is always the false that makes you suffer, the false desires and fears, the false values and ideas, the false relationships between people. Abandon the false and you are free of pain; truth makes happy, truth liberates.
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What is religion? A cloud in the sky. I live in the sky, not in the clouds, which are so many words held together. Remove the verbiage and what remains? Truth remains.
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Happiness is never your own; it is where the ā€˜Iā€™ is not. It is beyond your reach; you have only to reach out beyond yourself and you will find it.
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Your High opinion of me is your opinion only. Any moment you may change it. Why attach importance to opinions, even your own ?
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The way back to yourself is through refusal and rejection.
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Truth is not a reward for good behaviour, nor a prize for passing some tests. It cannot be brought about. It is the primary, the unborn, the ancient source of all that is. You are eligible because you are. You need not merit truth. It is your own....Stand still, be quiet.
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