“What really matters is not what function you fulfill in this world, but whether or not you identify with your function to such an extent that it takes you over and becomes the role that you play.  When you play roles, you are unconscious.”  Eckhart Tolle

“It is by your consent that the world exists.  Withdraw your belief in its reality and it will dissolve like a dream.”  Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

“Do understand that the mind has limits; to go beyond, you must consent to silence.”  Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

“Whatever is conceived by the mind must be false, for it is bound to be relative and limited.”  Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

“Learn to look without imagination, to listen without distortion.”  Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

“Truth is simple and open to all.  Why do you complicate it?  Truth is loving and lovable.”  Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

“The practice of abidance in the Self is to firmly hold the mind in abeyance with the heart.  It is not an act of thinking.”  Sri Muruganar

“From questing inwards in the heart comes knowledge which destroys all false illusions.”  Sri Ramana Maharshi

“When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others.”  Peace Pilgrim

“When we are present to only what we are doing – we are honoring the moment by giving it our all.  We experience the moment more fully, which gives us a greater sense of fulfillment, gratitude, and ease.”  Barb Schmidt