Anandayana Project

[Still_Waters]

Originally Posted by inavalan

I'm 75% through that book, and this quote fits my impression:

"There are so many who take the dawn for the noon, a momentary experience for full realization and destroy even the little they gain by excess of pride. Humility and silence are essential for a sadhaka [seeker], however advanced. Only a fully ripened jnani can allow himself complete spontaneity."

"It is very often so with Americans and Europeans. After a stretch of sadhana, they become charged with energy and frantically seek an outlet. They organize communities, become teachers of Yoga, marry, write books - anything except keeping quiet and turning their energies within, to find the source of the inexhaustible power and learn the art of keeping it under control."

– Nisargadatta Maharaj

Nisargadatta Maharaj is one of my favorites and one of my friends was actually blessed to sit in his presence in India.

It indeed interesting how some people can mistake a "momentary experience for full realization and destroy even the little they gain by excess of pride."

Really nice post!