Gian Kumar Quotes

I gives birth to mind; Mind gives birth to ego,
Ego gives birth to sense of separation,
From where originates suffering and sorrow.

For an ideal #life, the body, mind and spirit have to be in perfect balance, and this can only happen if we operate our body from the depth of our awareness.

Self is one, personal and impersonal.
But it is only on the personal level that one comes to know the Self.
When you know the Self, you realize there are two types of knowledge.
First is to know how to exist and second is to know the all-pervading spirit.

You may think or tell others that you are a realized person,
You may even convince others or deceive yourself;
But unless you have love for humanity and peace within,
Self-realization will never knock at your door.

The realm of truth can only flourish,
When you allow the dualities to languish.

Our physical identity or what I may call the social identity is the most interesting.

Take care of your total being in mind, body and spirit.

Question who is the doer. Is it the mind or the Self?

Do not surrender to any master; that would be slavery.
Surrender to yourself, for that would be victory.

The material world claims, 'I am what I think', whereas spiritualism says, 'I am, therefore I think'.

Universal or quantum consciousness emphasizes that we are all interrelated, interconnected and interdependent.

All desires originate to seek betterment unconsciously.
In awareness, the same desires dissolve into realization.

One should act not with worry but with faith;
One should act willingly and selflessly,
Let life be, the way it is.

In order to love others, we have to love ourselves deeply enough, to be able to forgive ourselves and become responsible, with self respect and dignity. This self love is Divine Love, for oneself and for all.

We are not God- loving people; we are God-fearing people;
As long as fear exists, religion and rituals will prevail.

In existence you are body and mind, but in absolute you dissolve.
In existence there is sorrow; in absolute there is bliss.
In existence there is change; in absolute there is reality.
In existence you are known; in absolute you are energy
In existence you are thought, in absolute total awareness.
In existence you are matter, in absolute you are pure Spirit.

Duality is to exist; non-duality is divine. In the centre is that oneness From which they are separated.

Happiest are those who have the temperament to accept sadness.

When we know the truth, it sets us free.

You are what you desire.
You may live with desires and determine all that you want;
But your actions determine what and how much you receive.

Spiritualism is not Religion: It does not divide, it unites; It advocates oneness of spirit with the universe; It involves knowing the ultimate truth; In such realization, one forgets the self and ego; One merges mind and body with the spirit ... I would like to share with you, these and many other inspirational thoughts, to help you find your spiritual Self.

Purpose in life should be that your inner wealth is able to outshine your external wealth.

Awareness is above intellect.
Intellect is above speech.
Speech is above knowledge.
For knowledge in itself is just a name.

The most baffling about the human psyche is that even after seeing the misery and suffering all around.
He is convinced that these would befall only to others and not on to him.

Like and dislike, good or bad, God and devil, this and that,
Creates dualities and confuses mind to discriminate and make choices.
In Oneness, they all merge into surrender and acceptance.

Peace is experienced when we accepts all the situations without any resistance whether good or bad.

Mind gives us an existence in duality; Spirituality gives us the knowledge in non-duality. Unless we narrow this gap, we will never experience the ultimate reality.

Enlightenment, awakening or liberation can never be attained by seeking or desiring. It is realized only through experience.

In the conscious- intellect awakens
In the subconscious- awareness dissolves.
In the unconscious- spirit awakens.

Neither bend from sorrows of the past,
Nor be anxious about future or get excited in the present.
Past, present and future are all manifested in AUM- the Self;
Which combines all three energies, Material, mental and sleep, in unison.

Lord! Give me that intelligence, so I may realize the Self.
Give me spiritual riches, so I may learn better to share.
Give me that knowledge, where pupils come from everywhere,
So I may serve better.

Being human is a divine gift. It is also not necessary that we overcome all our sins and become saints.We need to realize that we are born imperfect and will remain so until death.

There is no such thing as right or wrong, it is just you who matters;
If you are right, you will not see wrong
If you are wrong, you will only see wrong.

The seeker disappears when he realizes There is nothing to seek. In this awareness of nothingness, The Absolute tells him: What you seek, you already are.

The Root Cause of Our Problems is The Attachment To Possessions and #Desire for more.
#KnowThyself

When man manages his intellect and steadies his mind,
He discovers the all-pervading Self.

Acceptability is that secret, which brings in surrender,
Which brings in totality, which brings in love,
From where arises our Oneness.

Faith is belief without evidence, which we blindly pursue as the truth.

The purpose of both, awareness and consciousness, is to lead us towards this path of Oneness.

The real identity is projected only through our deeds, what we leave behind, unchanging and merging with our ultimate reality.

Awakening is to become aware of your awareness.
Be in the awareness of your presence, rather than being in the now.

Positive or negative- use your mind to respect;
Surrender and accept both as one.

Going beyond thoughts is merely to reduce the multiplicity of your thought.
Thoughts lead to words, words to language, language to action.
Action to realization, and back again to thoughts.
For the mind is made up of words, language and logic, until it dissolves into consciousness.

A dependent mind is not free, and without freedom, enlightenment is impossible.

A person fully in the Self is formless, birth less and deathless.
He is inside, outside and above everything that is known.
In purity he is absolute and in spirit he is eternal.

Do whatever you do, from eating fast food to living with mobile phones,
But always question the way in which you do.
Pause, look and see before doing,
Because there are many who would want you to blindly follow what they do.

We come from nothing, we go back into nothing.
That nothing is something, that something is everything.
That everything is the cosmos.
Is this a grand joke telling us? What we really are; just nothing.

Everything is conceptual, designed and created by man to differentiate between the eternal and the ephemeral.

This spirit or intelligence-energy in spirituality transmigrates to restart its journey, into yet another cycle of what we call life and death.

The ultimate reality is that God is One. We all live existentially in that oneness of all.

Food is everything.
It provides energy and strength to the elemental self;
With knowing self; evolving side by side.

A successful man never allows his faulty of discrimination and judgement to be distributed by the rising tides of his emotions.

There is no cause and effect, when one is connected to spirit,
For when desires in a man diminish, he draws nearer to his spirit;
When desires in a man cease to exist, he becomes immortal.

In witnessing yourself lies the whole mystery of life.

The degree of Spiritual growth is directly proportionate to the degree of personal freedom; your very own individuality.

Language and Knowledge have certain limitations; they can go only up to a certain point, for beyond that lies reality.