Sunyata (Alfred Julius Emmanuel Sorensen) Evelyn Underhill has defined mysticism as the art of union with Reality. A âmysticâ is an individual who has attained, or awakened into that union
Philosophy

Ilie Cioara The âvoidâ or âpsychological emptinessâ is a strange phenomenon, which appears spontaneously in the pause between two thoughts. First, the old thought ends its course and disappears. At

Swami Vivekananda People have a natural desire to enjoy; and when they do not find their selfish enjoyments in this life, they think that after death they will have a

Swami Tejomayananda Hinduism believes in one God, one consciousness that pervades everyone and everything. What is the relationship between this one God which Hinduism believes in and the thousands of

Krishnamurti In observing there is always the observer. The observer who, with his prejudices, with his conditioning, with his fears and guilts

Nisargadatta Maharaj During your entire lifetime, you do not have any permanent identity. Whatever you consider yourself to be changes

Rupert Spira It is common for people who encounter this teaching to fear dissolution of their identity. What do we

Ramakrishna Paramhansa Sankaracharya was a Brahmajnani, to be sure. But at the beginning he too had the feeling of differentiation.

Kahlil Gibran You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts. And when you can no longer

Ramana Maharshi The gross body which is composed of the seven humors (dhatus), I am not; the five cognitive sense