H.W.L. Poonja Quotes

#1. Reality is everywhere, and to find It 'you' must first disappear.

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#2. Anything that you have imposed on yourself to be unhappy, to be bound, is a concept. It is an imaginary concept, so give it away.

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#3. Know that what appears to be Love for an 'other' is really Love of Self because 'other' doesn't exist. So this innermost Love can be given to no 'other'. Love of friends is for the sake of Self, not for body to body. True love has no Lover or Beloved because all Love is Love of Self.

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#4. When mind is quiet, all is Self. When mind moves the world arises. So be Still, throw away everything and be Free.

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#5. If you don't know, then it's all right. There need not be any expectations. If there are no expectations, then you are free. If you expect, then you are in bondage. Choose whatever you want. Expectations are never fulfilled.

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#6. Stop. Stop everything. Then you will realize you are the freedom you have been searching for.

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#7. If you see the illusion you are enlightened, but if you think that you are enlightened you are in the illusion!

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#8. Always remember: The thieves of Peace are thieves in an empty house because only imagination suffers. You are Peace, that which remains Untouched.

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#9. It is all your desires that you see, when you think. But when your mind is quiet, without desire, you are complete and as wonderful as you have always been.

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#10. Look within,
There is no difference between yourself, Self and Guru.
You are always Free.
There is no teacher, there is no student, there is no teaching.

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#11. If there is peace in your mind you will find peace with everybody. If your mind is agitated you will find agitation everywhere. So first find peace within and you will see this inner peace reflected everywhere else. You are this peace!

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#12. Who is journeying for freedom? The one who is already free. Thoughts are impediments to seeing your own face. Don't give rise to any thought, and discover who you are.

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#13. I am your own self and the self of all beings that exist.

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#14. Look after everybody So that they are happy to see you. It is better to serve the devotee of god than to serve god himself.

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#15. Stay quiet and the noisy surface dialogues will cease.
Then the substratum will rise up to the top.
It is simple.
Follow this.

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#16. Let your will burn in this fire so that it takes you nowhere else. Let your self be burned in this fire of eternity, love and peace. Don't be afraid of this fire, it is love itself. This desire for freedom is the fire of love!

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#17. Your nature is to keep quiet. You came from silence and you have to return to silence ... you are dancing only for a little while you see ... a little while you are dancing.

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#18. When anybody laughs, he has no mind, no thought, no problem, no suffering.

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#19. You have to simply become aware of the movement of the mind, which begins this endless trouble.

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#20. Something is happening because of silence, because of peace, because of silence; if your mind is silent, if your mind is quiet, there is God, there is silence, this is the silence that is contagious.

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