Meshell Ndegeocello Quotes

The truth is that there is no journey. You are right now what you are attempting to be. You are right now where you are attempting to go.

Your duty is to be, and not to be this or that. I Am That I Am sums up the whole truth; the method is summarized in Be Still.

As long as you look for a Buddha somewhere else, you'll never see that your own mind is the Buddha.

Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.

But deluded people don't realize that their own mind is the Buddha. They keep searching outside.

Getting in touch with your true self must be your first priority.

By 1968, both The Beatles and The Beach Boys had plenty of fame - we were looking for something deeper. The Maharishi taught us how to go beyond thinking and action in order to grow from within.

The goal of spiritual practice is full recovery, and the only thing you need to recover from is a fractured sense of self.

Know that you have a center.Know that you belong there.Know that the path to the center takes no effort.

The more you go within, the more you understand your true nature, and the more joy and happiness you feel in your life.

Heaven is within you.

You find peace not by rearranging the circumstances of your life, but by realizing who you are at the deepest level.

I was going through the hardest thing, also the greatest thing, for any human being to do; to accept that which is already within you, and around you.

Before enlightenment, I used to be depressed; after enlightenment, I continue to be depressed.

Inner peace doesn't come from getting what we want, but from remembering who we are.

Happiness comes from the full understanding of your own being.

I have come a long way and learnt a lot. I read this quote about a year ago: 'Happiness must not be pursued; it must ensue.' It's made me realise that just being married again or something like that won't make me happy; the happiness ensues from how we live our lives.

The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.

I have to live in the truth that this is who I am. That's what I need to focus on.

Let a man once overcome his selfish terror at his own infinitude, and his infinitude is, in one sense, overcome.

My main calling in life is to seek and achieve spiritual balance, and to express that through my instrument. Everything else is here today, gone later today.

A sincere seeker knows what his goal is: the highest Truth. He will not delay his journey. In spiritual life, we aspire for the highest Truth, for God, nothing else.

Unraveling external selves and coming home to our real identity is the true meaning of soul work.

To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright.

I've learned that the perfect picture that I hold in my mind of what my life looks like is constantly changing, growing, evolving. I remind myself that I am exactly where I need to be in my life; otherwise, I would surely be somewhere else.