“I simply followed (my teacher's) instruction which was to focus the mind on pure being 'I am', and stay in it. I used to sit for hours together, with nothing but the 'I am' in my mind and soon peace and joy and a deep all-embracing love became my normal state. In it all disappeared -- myself, my Guru, the life I lived, the world around me. Only peace remained and unfathomable silence.” WorldMindStatesTogetherUsedJoyHoursLove IsSilenceFocusTeacherPureNormalInstructionGuruUnfathomablePeace And JoyEmbracing Love Author:Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
“If you can't, or won't, think of Seymour, then you go right ahead and call in some ignorant psychoanalyst. You just do that. You just call in some analyst who's experienced in adjusting people to the joys of television, and Life magazine every Wednesday, and European travel, and the H-bomb, and Presidential elections, and the front page of the Times, and God knows what else that's gloriously normal.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsJoyFrontsTelevisionNormalPagesElectionIgnorantMagazinesPresidentialBombsGod KnowsAnalystsWednesdayAdjustingPresidential Election Author:J. D. Salinger
“Physical experiences, lacking the joys of love, depend on twists and perversions of pleasure. Abnormal pleasures kill the taste for normal ones.” JoyPleasureDependsTasteNormalLackingTwistsAbnormalPerversion Author:Anais Nin
“A joyful heart is the normal result of a heart burning with love. She gives most who gives with joy.” GivingHeartJoyResultsNormalBurningJoyfulJoyful Heart Book:In the Heart of the World: Thoughts, Stories & Prayers (Easyread Large Edition) Source: In the Heart of the World: Thoughts, Stories & Prayers (Easyread Large Edition)