Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Maharishi Mahesh Yogiwas born Mahesh Prasad Varma and became known as Maharishi and Yogi as an adult. He developed the Transcendental Meditation technique and was the leader and guru of a worldwide organization that has been characterized in multiple ways including as a new religious movement and as non-religious...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth12 January 1917
CountryIndia
goal enlightenment purpose
The whole purpose of life is to gain enlightenment. Nothing else is significant compared to that completely natural, exalted state of consciousness. So always strive for that. Set your life around that goal. Don't get caught up in small things, and then it will be yours.
enlightenment development fields
The process of education takes place in the field of consciousness; the prerequisite to complete education is therefore the full development of consciousness - enlightenment. Knowledge is not the basis of enlightenment, enlightenment is the basis of knowledge.
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I tell people in Chicago to take care of themselves.
less life seriously
You must learn to take life less seriously and to laugh.
eternal life philosophy wisdom
The philosophy of life is this: Life is not a struggle, not a tension... Life is bliss. It is eternal wisdom, eternal existence.
happiness success utmost
Being happy is of the utmost importance. Success in anything is through happiness.
falling
Just think of any negativity that comes at you as a raindrop falling into the ocean of your bliss.
draws fragrance good happiness towards
Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower and draws all good things towards you.
expression meditation research
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.
doubt dry
Doubts are death. Doubts are the dry rot of life.
dream heart self
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.
inspirational positive inspiring
The important thing is this: to be able, at any moment, to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.
men lucky done
What makes one luckier is the good that he has done to others. It comes back to him. A man doesn't become lucky by doing wrong. He becomes lucky because he has done good to others and that good comes back to him. And now he is lucky.
immortality dangerous opposition
Opposition is dangerous to immortality.