Spiritual Quotes On activity

The mental activity that makes one fearless, is the activity that is worth doing.

Wherever there is ego, meditation (dhyan) does not exist. The inherent nature of the ego is such that dhyan does not exist when the ego is present. Therefore, when dhyan arises it is a resultant state, it is not an activity. Dhyan is the effect that arises from whatever activity the ego does.

The very meaning of vyavasthit (result of scientific circumstantial evidence) is to neither interfere in the activity of the prakruti (non-Self complex) nor in the external evidences. The moment the arm raises up, the leg moves, there is galvanizing from within, ‘Let’s go now,' so one starts moving. No interference should be done in that, remain the Knower-Seer.

People of the world engage in activities, but as they do not have awareness of the consequences, they are ‘sleeping’. If awareness of the consequence of every activity remains, that is called awakened awareness (jagruti). However much One is awake, by that much the deeds reduce.

There is no need for any activity (kriya) to attain liberation. However, the activities that have come to unfold are to be ‘done’ by remaining in the inherent nature of the Self.

In every worldly activity, there is only the upayog (application) of the intellect. Whereas [the awareness of] ‘I am pure Soul’ is Gnan upayog (the application of Knowledge).

There is no [Real] Knowledge (Gnan) in [relative] activities (kriya), and there is no [relative] activity in [Real] Knowledge. The inherent nature of both is different!

Upon analyzing any activity that is being carried out, [we figure out that] the chit (inner component of knowledge and vision) plays this much of a role, the ego plays this much of a role, the karmendriya (the five organs of action), the gnanendriya (the five sense organs) play this much of a role; so what did the Self do [in this]? The Self is, in fact, vitaraag (absolutely free from attachment and abhorrence) indeed. ‘It’ had simply Seen and Known! When all the [other] parts are separated, then ultimately absolute Knowledge (keval Gnan) alone remains! That part of absolute Knowledge alone is of the Self!

To be inactive while engaged in activity is the real inactivity (non-doership)!