The big hang-up was George Bush wanted to get life lines, you know, so he could call somebody.
Actually, being what you are is the simplest. What is difficult is to stop being what you are not.
When you can bear your own silence, you are free.
You ask, 'How to live my life?' But with the question you are suffocating life itself, for life is spontaneity.
How can you say you are peaceful if you are still identified with mind?
The greatest step towards a life of happiness and simplicity is to let go. Trust in the power that is already taking care of you spontaneously without effort.
Ignoring the mind is a beautiful sadhana. This is what many of the sages did. They ignored the mind out of existence. It loses its influence and its potency when it is ignored.
Man must saturate his daily life in truthful speech, virtuous acts and holy thoughts.
To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of amusement.
If you're not having fun, you're doing it wrong.
Remember that you can do anything you want to do. Don't let anyone say, 'You're not smart enough. . . it's too hard. . . it's a dumb idea. . . no one has done that before. . . girls don't do that. ' My mom gave me that advice in 1973. And it allowed me to never worry about what others were saying about my career direction.