knowledge, absolutely sure of its infallibility, is faith
Ramana Maharshi and Rumi would agree: the joy of being human is in uncovering the core we already are, the treasure buried in the ruin.
The mystics always say that the experience they're talking about is ineffable, that you can't say it. Rumi was asked one time why he talked so much about silence. He said, "The radiant one inside me has never said a word. "
I think we all have a core that's ecstatic, that knows and that looks up in wonder. We all know that there are marvelous moments of eternity that just happen. We know them.
If you think there's an important difference between being a Christian or a Jew or a Hindu or a Muslim or a Buddhist, then you're making a division between your heart, what you love with, and the way you act in the world.
When you meet a new friend, the world has more light in it, doesn't it? Things become more spontaneous, and more full of laughing and freedom and novelty.
It's such a foolish thing to argue about names, when what we're doing is all one thing.
The churchyard is the market place where all things are rated at their true value, and those who are approaching it talk of the world and its vanities with a wisdom unknown before.
If you visualize a failure, you tend to create the conditions that produce failure. Visualize-believe-and thank God in advance.
Each day when you wake up, say: "What miracles would you have me perform today?" Then listen.
Fascism is fascism. Terrorism is terrorism. Oppression is oppression.