18 Quotes by Rama Swami

It is He who manifests as both matter and consciousness. There is no place where God is not. In every atom, in every living being He alone is present.

If you learn to go beyond the jabbering of your mind, and can go to the deeper aspects of your consciousness, then body, breath, and mind will not come in your way.

Meditation is a journey without movement. In the external world you have to move in order to go ahead, in meditation you don’t move, yet you attain.

The law of life is to leave behind the ground one is standing on and then step forward.

Spirituality dawns when individuality vanishes. When our ego becomes aware of something that is higher than it – the individual Spirit, or Soul; then spirituality dawns.

God is One. There cannot be two or more. For if there were two God’s who created them? There must have been someone who came before them. Therefore God is only One – One Final Absolute Existence. Everything else is a manifestation of Him.

Modern man is too impatient and wants to master the art of meditation immediately.

Genuine asceticism for finding one’s own soul and for the good of humanity is worthy of reverence.

What good does it do to have all the riches of the world and all the world’s pleasures? They will all disappear in the flash we call a human lifetime. Focusing on the pleasures of the world keeps the mind too distracted to search for the inner Self.