348 Quotes by Awdhesh Singh

It is only through self-knowledge that we can understand reality 'as it is'—a living force which is dynamic and changing with time. Bookish knowledge is like a photograph. It helps to identify the person amid many other human beings but does not have the quality of the ‘real’ person—because a living person has feelings and flexibility.

Ideals are like an image of reality at a given time from a given reality. Just like no photograph of a person can truly describe him, no ideal can represent reality as it is.

A theory is nothing but a tool to know the reality. If a theory contradicts reality, it must be discarded at the earliest.

We rarely question the knowledge of the subconscious mind and do not let anything contrary to enter our mind. We refuse to hear any argument against our subconscious knowledge-which has become our belief and faith is the greatest hindrance in knowing the truth and understanding the reality.

The movies often show an honest and good man winning over evil all the time. The reality is not that simple or one-sided. The fictions of movies and arts perpetuate and exploit our beliefs rather than letting us know the truth.

An unconditioned mind alone is a pure mind which sees the reality without any prejudice. Knowledge of the self, spiritual awakening or self-realisation are the different names given to the unconditioned mind which is pure because it has the ability to see the truth as it is.

Our body and mind are not independent of each other but are two aspects of the same reality. If a sound mind is found only in a healthy body, a healthy body is also impossible without a sound mind.

Non-violence is a great principle in theory, but its practice often leads to greater violence in future. The principle of offering ‘your other check’ does not work in reality most of the times. Violence can be controlled only with greater violence. It is rightly said in the Bible, ‘He who spares the rod, hates his son, but he who loves him is careful to discipline him’.

Happiness is the result of a positive experience of our inner world with the outer world, which in turn creates trust between us and the world.