“Pleasure is always derived from something outside you, whereas joy arises from within.”

“All the things that truly matter, beauty, love, creativity, joy and inner peace arise from beyond the mind.”

“All things that truly matter - beauty , love , creativity ,joy , inner-peace - arise from beyond the mind .”

“The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive. To put it more accurately, it is not so much that you use your mind wrongly—you usually don't use it at all. It uses you. All the things that truly matter — beaut...y, love, creativity, joy, inner peace — arise from beyond the mind...”

“The beginning of freedom is the realization that you are not “the thinker.” The moment you start watching the thinker, a higher level of consciousness becomes activated. You then begin to realize that there is a vast realm of intelligence beyond thought, that thought is only a tiny aspect of that intelligence. You also realize that all the things that truly matter – beauty, love, creativity, joy, inner peace – arise from beyond the mind. You begin to awaken.”

“If you get the inside right, the outside will fall into place. Primary reality is within; secondary reality without.”

“Love is a state of Being. Your love is not outside; it is deep within you. You can never lose it, and it cannot leave you.”