Maharishi Mahesh Yogi quotes:

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  • When the conscious mind expands to embrace deeper levels of thinking, the thought wave becomes more powerful and results in added energy and intelligence.

  • The philosophy of life is this: Life is not a struggle, not a tension... Life is bliss. It is eternal wisdom, eternal existence.

  • Life finds its purpose and fulfillment in the expansion of happiness.

  • My University of Management will create managers who will float in happiness, success and fulfillment.

  • To resolve problems through negotiation is a very childish approach.

  • In the United States we have the great Harvard Business School, but America is the country with the greatest debt in the world.

  • Great amount of scientific research is there to show that health is better because transcendental meditation deals with consciousness, and consciousness is the basic value of all the physical expressions. The entire creation is the expression of consciousness.

  • America is the most creative country and the most powerful government in the world.

  • Individual potential of life is cosmic potential. Individual is divine deep inside. Transcendental experience awakens that divinity in man. And when you kill a man you deprive him of that birthright of it.

  • Problems or successes, they all are the results of our own actions. Karma. The philosophy of action is that no one else is the giver of peace or happiness. One's own karma, one's own actions are responsible to come to bring either happiness or success or whatever.

  • Being happy is of the utmost importance. Success in anything is through happiness.

  • There is one unity, unified wholeness, total natural law, in the transcendental unified consciousness.

  • What we have done, the result of that comes to us whenever it comes, either today, tomorrow, hundred years later, hundred lives later, whatever, whatever. And so, it's our own karma. That is why that philosophy in every religion: Killing is sin. Killing is sin in every religion.

  • Consciousness is the basis of all life and the field of all possibilities. Its nature is to expand and unfold its full potential. The impulse to evolve is thus inherent in the very nature of life.

  • Modern psychology has pointed to the need of educating people to use a much larger portion of the mind. Transcendental meditation fulfills this need. And it can be taught very easily.

  • Gently resist the temptation to chase your dreams into the world; pursue them in your heart until they disappear into the Self, and leave them there.

  • Know what you want, decide when you want it, figure your plan of action, follow through on it, and never doubt.

  • The kingdom of heaven is like electricity. You don't see it. It is within you.

  • Master of the universe is every man's potential insight, cosmic potential.

  • The constitution of the universe is total natural law. 'Natural law,' we say from the field of science. 'Will of God,' we say from the field of religion. It's the same thing.

  • God helps those who help themselves.' - it's a very true saying.

  • Problems are not solved on the level of problems. Analyzing a problem to find its solution is like trying to restore freshness to a leaf by treating the leaf itself, whereas the solution lies in watering the root.

  • All world conflicts will be resolved if people listen to my advice.

  • Just think of any negativity that comes at you as a raindrop falling into the ocean of your bliss.

  • Problems will disappear as darkness disappears with the onset of light.

  • The most effective teachers embody the teaching they give out.

  • The flower of life blooms in love and radiates love all around it.

  • All speech, action and behavior are fluctuations of consciousness. All life emerges from, and is sustained in, consciousness. The whole universe is the expression of consciousness. The reality of the universe is one unbounded ocean of consciousness in motion.

  • We are not in a position to criticize anyone. The existence of enemies means for us that our friendliness has not been sufficient enough.

  • We are not satisfied with peace alone. There has to be prosperity, there has to be affluence, there has to be fulfillment in life, not just peace.

  • The important thing is this: to be able, at any moment, to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.

  • Meditation is the straight flight of the mind to the Kingdom of Heaven present in the heart of everyone.

  • By enlivening this most basic level of life, Transcendental Meditation is that one simple procedure which can raise the life of every individual and every society to its full dignity, in which problems are absent and perfect health, happiness, and a rapid pace of progress are the natural features of life.

  • The philosophy of life is this: Life is not a struggle, not a tension Life is bliss. It is eternal wisdom, eternal existence.

  • Don't fight darkness. Bring the light, and darkness will disappear,

  • Divine is all Love in its essential nature, and Love is all Divine in its truthful expression.

  • We must take situations as they are. We must only change our mental attitudes towards them.

  • Meditation is the only means to the harmonious development of the body, mind and soul.

  • Hard labour to succeed in the world? Hard labour no, no, human constitution, human physiology, human intelligence is made of infinite creative potential of Natural Law and therefore no-one has to work hard for success.

  • If one is not happy, one has lost the very purpose of life...

  • Love opens all doors, no matter how closed they may be, no matter how rusty from lack of use. Your work is to bring unity and harmony, to open all doors which have been closed for a long time. Have patience and tolerance. Open your heart all the time.

  • Let the standard of everybody's mind be raised to the heights of his own inner glory and then man will feel for himself the greatness of the higher values of life and would be tempted to bring them down into practical life and live them.

  • All problems in life arise from some weakness of mind. All weakness of mind is due to the mind's ignorance of its own essential nature, which is universal and the source of infinite energy and intelligence. ... In order to root out any problem of life it is only necessary to be brought out of ignorance, to be brought to knowledge.

  • Meditation is the direct means of enjoying the greatest happiness and is the only means to quench the thirst for happiness on earth.

  • Just think of any negativity that comes to you as a raindrop falling into the ocean of your bliss. You may not always have an ocean of bliss, but think that way anyway and it will help it come. Doubting is not blissful and does not create happiness.

  • We have an infinite number of reasons to be happy, and a serious responsibility not be serious.

  • The Self of everyone, the Atma of everyone, the transcendental field of reality of everyone, is the same in everyone. Whether the body calls itself an American, German, Indian or Chinese, it doesn't matter.

  • It's as if we live in a house which has a vast treasury in one of its rooms. Only we've forgotten about it. So, instead of living a life of royalty, we go about in poverty.

  • Be as delicate as possible. If communication accomplishes something on the gross but damages something on the level of feeling then it is a spiritual loss! The feeling is more important for life.

  • I let people make remarks about me, but it doesn't touch me, all those remarks.

  • If you're too busy to meditate twice a day, you're just too busy.

  • If world peace is to be established, peace in the individual must be established first. Transcendental Meditation directly brings peace in the individual life.

  • Transcendental meditation is something that can be defined as a means to do what one wants to do in a better way, a right way, for maximum results.

  • The goal of the Transcendental Meditation technique is the state of enlightenment. This means we experience that inner calmness, that quiet state of least excitation, even when we are dynamically busy.

  • Transcendental Meditation opens the awareness to the infinite reservoir of energy, creativity, and intelligence that lies deep within everyone.

  • When we think of failure; failure will be ours. If we remain undecided nothing will ever change. All we need to do is want to achieve something great and then simply to do it. Never think of failure, for what we think, will come about.

  • Personal love is concentrated universal love.

  • The practice of Transcendental Meditation creates a natural situation in the mind so that the mind entertains right thoughts, useful thoughts, thoughts that are cherished by nature and whose fulfillment is worked out by all the laws of nature.

  • Behaviour arises from the level of one's consciousness.

  • I did not become great by association of The Beatles! Beatles make Maharishi great? Pah! It is a waste of thought.

  • I am upset and completely disappointed in the government, the millionaires and billionaires in the U.S. See what's happening to the country? Look at all the health problems, the economy, the recession and crime.

  • The knowledge from an enlightened person breaks on the hard rocks of ignorance.

  • Monks are not expected to speak about themselves; the message is important, not the person.

  • Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower and draws all good things towards you.

  • Stress is the reason for crime and all other kinds of frustration. To relieve it will eliminate everything else.

  • The highest state is laughter.

  • Whatever we put our attention on will grow stronger in our life.

  • In the process of evolution, the body lasts for some time and then will take other body and take other body and take other body until the final redemption from diversity is transcended.

  • My coherence-creating groups are going to put out all this mischief-mongership in the world.

  • 1-Don't analyze. 2-Don't complain. 3-Don't compare yourself to others. 4-Don't expect things to be done for you. 5-Don't expect perfection in the relative. 6-Look to the knowledge aspect daily. 7-Own the movement. 8-Problems are all in your head. 9-Hold yourself together.

  • A comfortable and regulated life is needed for fastest pace of evolution.

  • A good teacher will appreciate the good qualities of his students. If one good quality is allowed to emerge, a world of good qualities will emerge from that one.

  • A loving heart, a heart full of love, is the precious essence of human life.

  • A new humanity will be born, fuller in conception and richer in experience and accomplishments in all fields. Joy of life will belong to every man, love will dominate human society, truth and virtue will reign in the world, peace on earth will be permanent and all will live in fulfillment in fullness of life in God Consciousness.

  • About humility we speak with an analogy: When the branches are full of fruit, they just bow down.

  • Adopt the standard of perfection, because it is a perfect universe.

  • All freedom to man, but freedom is useful when we know what life is, when we know what past is, what present is, when we know how to go about things, not that every man should be left to experiment by himself.

  • All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think, we become.

  • Alloted duty means you should live full potentiality with which you are born.

  • Allow your love to nourish yourself as well as others.

  • Art arises from the interaction of the mind and the heart.

  • Art really has its source in the transcendent, the unmanifest field of pure consciousness, which is the non-changing, immortal field of all possibilities...When the awareness of the artist is in tune with this center of infinite creativity, his piece of art breathes fullness of life, nourishes the creator, the artist, and inspires his admirers with waves of bliss.

  • As brain functioning becomes more and more integrated, consciousness - the mind - becomes more and more invincible, and then any dictate of the mind is immediately followed by the body.

  • Balance is the natural state of life, because the basic characteristic of the fundamental element of life, pure consciousness, is complete balance.

  • Be as delicate as possible. If communication accomplishes something on the gross but damages something on the level of feeling then it is a spiritual loss! The feeling is more important for life. Nourishment of the feeling level is the basis for growth of the spiritual holistic value. Delicate behaviour on the surface should be such as to nourish, uphold and enhance the Transcendental value where feelings merge into a common source.

  • Be happy, healthy, and let all that love flow through your heart.

  • Being is the basis of thinking, thinking is the basis of action, action is the basis of achievement and achievement is the basis of fulfillment.

  • Bliss becomes blissful with practice. In our own bliss the desire, desirer and process of desiring are united - they are one. Desire is fulfilled at its source.

  • Competition is for the competent.

  • Consciousness in the individual is that area where the totality of life is located.

  • Consciousness, fully awake to itself, is the Light of God.

  • Day after day, we culture our minds with the deep silence of our own Being.

  • Decide what you want and don't think of the intermediary conditions. When Nature works for us we should want what we want and Nature will work it out for us.

  • Do not base your life on the likings and dislikings or whims of others. What you are in life - whether you enjoy or suffer - it is your own responsibility. Be regular in your meditation and do not postpone for a later date your striving for God consciousness.

  • Do not fight the darkness, let the light in and the darkness will disappear.

  • Do not oppose because in opposing the tenderness of the feeling level is crushed. That is why we say Speak the Truth but see that you are speaking delicately. Do not speak non-truth and do not speak in a non sweet way, so that the feeling is nourished.

  • Don't go for what you know you can get. Go for what you really want.

  • Doubts are death. Doubts are the dry rot of life.

  • Enjoy your life and be happy. Being happy is of the utmost importance. Success in anything is through happiness. More support of nature comes from being happy. Under all circumstances be happy, even if you have to force it a bit to change some long standing habits. Just think of any negativity that comes to you as a raindrop falling into the ocean of your bliss. You may not always have an ocean of bliss, but think that way anyway and it will help it come. Doubting is not blissful and does not create happiness. Be happy, healthy, and let all that love flow through your heart.

  • Established in Being, perform action.

  • Every thought, speech, and action of a person influences everything in the environment.

  • Experience shows that Being is the essential, basic nature of the mind; but, since It commonly remains in tune with the senses projecting outwards toward the manifested realms of creation, the mind misses or fails to appreciate its own essential nature, just as the eyes are unable to see themselves.

  • From tiny, tiny waves of joy, one gets to the ocean of happiness, which is called bliss.

  • Fulfillment is structured in achievement, Achievement is structured in action, Action is structured in thinking, Thinking is structured in knowledge, Knowledge is structured in consciousness

  • God grants us the faculty to open ourselves to peace. If we don't then we are responsible if wars continue.

  • 'God helps those who help themselves.' - it's a very true saying.

  • Good luck and good timing are the same thing.

  • Governments have tried to stop crime through punishment throughout the ages, but crime continued in the past punishment remains. Crime can only be stopped through a preventive approach in the schools. You teach the students Transcendental Meditation, and right away they'll begin using their full brain physiology sensible and they will not get sidetracked into wrong things.

  • Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower, and draws all good things toward you.

  • Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower, and draws all good things toward you. Allow your love to nourish yourself as well as others. Do not strain after the needs of life. It is sufficient to be quietly alert and aware of them. In this way life proceeds more naturally and effortlessly. Life is here to Enjoy!

  • Human concepts, no matter how grand they may appear, have limitations.

  • I want to eliminate the basis of problems and basis of crime, and basis of terrorism.

  • Ideal relationship is based on giving.

  • If a man can permanently establish his awareness in contact with that pure field (of consciousness), then problems wither away. It's a very simple thing. When the light comes, then where is the darkness?

  • If a man is able to submit himself to nature, then nature will react to his needs. Almighty nature is all powerful and all loving, for the laws of nature are for the creation and evolution of all beings and creatures throughout the cosmos. There is no greater kindness than the kindness of nature.

  • If two people fight on the street, whose fault is it? Who is the criminal? It is the government?s responsibility because the government has not educated the people to not make mistakes. The people have inadequate, incompetent education, so they make mistakes them! It is such a fraud.

  • If we are able to meet these two requirements - regularity in meditation and leading a good life in society, day-to-day a good life - then nothing would be unattainable by us.

  • If we are all strong, stable, we can set our sail with any wind in the world that comes along. We make up our own direction. If we are not strong, we are like a leaf in the wind and the world's winds will take us where they wish, not where we wish. So we meditate, every day, regularly, and gain transcendental being in our everyday life and then we are strong. When we are all infused with Being, we need not think which course is right, we just take the one that is automatically. Being is the wind-resister and the sail-setter...

  • If you are open with someone, he will be open with you. If you want love from someone, give your love to him. If you want kind and sympathetic behavior from someone, be kind and sympathetic to him...

  • If you believe in light, you'll be in light, you don't have to face darkness.

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