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In a movie, when a character receives a letter, she reads it aloud for the audience. Other characters of the movie can’t know the secret, but she tells it to the audience.Be the audience if you want to know the deepest secrets of the universe. Be the audience if you want to make sense of what is happening around you. Your character is the doer while your soul is the audience. Be at the level of soul more often.
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A student asks, "Sir, if you're enlightened, why are you stuck in this body?" Guru replies, "This body is a drop in the ocean. I am the ocean, not a drop. Since you identify yourself as a drop, you only see drops around you.
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Child of someone, friend of someone, employee of someone, lover of something and hater of something... You identify yourself always in relation to someone or something.You are like a car tethered to other cars from all directions, which in turn are tethered to other cars. Result is stress, dilemmas, conflicts.
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Complicated situations start arising in life when you pretend to be someone you are not. The mother of all pretence is mind pretending as a soul.Mind says, "I am a soul. I am immortal but I am trapped in mortal world." The truth is that mind itself is the trap. When the soul wakes up, mind falls silent.
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Nothing is mine, not even body, not even thoughts.' This realization is the door to absolute freedom and supreme power.
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When a free lion starts proving himself before the circus lions, he no longer remains free.
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To see things from a broader perspective, you have to step away from them.
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Nothing is worth losing your freedom. Nothing can catch hold of you if you value your freedom above everything else.
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To be yourself, you have to be behind closed doors. Outside you are just playing different roles. It's ironic that to free yourself from the prison of society, you have to lock yourself inside a room.
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