“No one and nothing outside of you can give you salvation, or free you from the misery. You have to light your own lamp. You have to know the miniature universe that you yourself are.”
― Banani Ray, quote from Awakening Inner Guru
“We are not strangers in this journey of life…We are connected to each other through this mysterious field of love.”
― Banani Ray, quote from Awakening Inner Guru
“Real love is a humble receptivity of a silent heart that is prepared to melt and merge…”
― Banani Ray, quote from Awakening Inner Guru
“Love is the sap of the tree of Life.”
― Banani Ray, quote from Awakening Inner Guru
“Flow is the nature of energy; flow is another name of life.”
― Banani Ray, quote from Awakening Inner Guru
“Bliss is inherent in the Self as fragrance is inherent in a flower. As the flower of the Self-love blossoms, bliss comes spontaneously as the fragrance.”
― Banani Ray, quote from Awakening Inner Guru
“Love is the divine light that melts away all blockages. Love heals our beings”
― Banani Ray, quote from Awakening Inner Guru
“Meditation is cultivating the potential to transcend your limited self, limited beliefs and limited existence. It is stepping into the exciting territory of limitlessness.”
― Banani Ray, quote from Awakening Inner Guru
“Awareness is Brahman. The absolute cosmic consciousness. When you are aware, you are connected with Brahman.”
― Banani Ray, quote from Awakening Inner Guru
“Life is a song made of the musical rhythm of the body, words of the mind and the melodious silence of the soul.”
― Banani Ray, quote from Awakening Inner Guru
“Pure Love is detached, self-assured, self-poised, non-possessive and non-aggressive in nature. Yet, it is tremendously powerful to move the whole universe.”
― Banani Ray, quote from Awakening Inner Guru
“Knowledge is borrowed. Imagination is original. It is the power of imagination that makes us different from our animal ancestors.”
― Banani Ray, quote from Awakening Inner Guru
“When you are in a relationship, you are aware that it might end. You might grow apart, find someone else, simply fall out of love. But a friendship isn't a zero-sum game, and as such, you assume that it will last forever, especially an old friendship. You take its permanence for grandted, whuch might be the very thing so dear about it.”
― Emily Giffin, quote from Something Borrowed
“dealing with any man means dealing with multiple personalities.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from The Serpent's Shadow
“All cats are the same in the dark, says the proverb. But it certainly did not apply to people, with them it was just the opposite. During the day they were all alike, running in their well-defined ways. At night they changed beyond recognition.”
― Jerzy Kosiński, quote from The Painted Bird
“I saw the world in black and white instead of the vibrant colours and shades I knew existed.”
― Katie McGarry, quote from Pushing the Limits
“The ifs and buts of history...form an insubstantial if intoxicating diet.”
― Vikram Seth, quote from A Suitable Boy
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