Quotes from Vishrant.

No thoughts, no identity, no body, nothing, going nowhere, no future, no past, just now.

If we really want to find the beauty we have to learn to slow down. It's in the silence and stillness that we find truth, because these are the symptoms of Truth. Look for that that does not move, that is absolutely silent.

In this moment nothing is needed. In this moment let everything go. Just be here and experience this peace and silence that is available.

The practice of meditation is simply recovering reality from a dream that you've been lost in since you went to school.

The best way to operate in this world is to have a beginner's mind. If we have a beginner's mind, the universe keeps showing us things because we're not closed. Once we think we know, we are lost.

In beingness, there is no fear. Fear belongs to the mind. When you know yourself as Truth there's no fear, you're free. There is no later, you're free. There is no before, you're free. There is now, you are free.

Hope's not real, neither is faith. If it's not your own direct experience, put it in the dust bin. It's where it belongs.

You must become aware of the games your mind plays to keep you asleep. Anything that causes contraction in you is an obstacle in the way of higher consciousness.

Higher consciousness is brilliant. You get to see how you create your suffering through your own victim-oriented thinking. When you see it clearly, you don't get involved in it, so suffering stops because you're not resisting life anymore.

Consciousness levels determine success and failure in life. Belief systems serve as obstacles to higher consciousness. Belief systems limit consciousness levels and must be undone for growth.

Even Gautama the Buddha stated that one of the two main things against enlightenment was hope. The other one was fear. Both projections to the future, both not real.

My consciousness levels were such that I saw the pointlessness of life and the illusion of hope. Because most people live in hope that things are going to get better later, and it's a lie. It's what religions sell. I think it's what Marx called the opiate of the people. Hope.

Unconditional surrender is the death of the 'I'. It can only be achieved through practice. The practice of dying, the practice of letting go, the practice of acceptance, the practice of openness.

I'm God's salesman. I'm trying to sell people the idea of freedom. It's difficult because people insist on suffering until they die. The price of freedom is the 'I'. Everything for God, nothing for you. That's the only deal in town.

It's possible for anyone to wake up. All you've got to do is master surrender. The mastery of the mind is the mastery of surrender. True surrender is a full stop.

You can't surrender when everything's sweet. What are you surrendering to? You can only surrender to discomfort of some kind. Anything we object to that appears in our lives gives us an opportunity to let go.

I practised what I call the openness, or the game of zero. If there's nothing happening inside of me, I'm at zero. Anything that disturbs me is above zero. Once I noticed I was above zero, how fast could I get back to zero? I played that game for 11 years. I got good at it.

You want to heal the pain? Oh no. Surrender doesn't take pain away. The pain's still there but you're no longer in resistance to it. If I was actually in pain, you wouldn't notice anything, because I wouldn't be resisting it.

When you put one flame of a candle to another that is unlit, the second candle is lit without anything being lost from the first. The invitation is to keep coming back to this until it takes. There's no magic tricks. Just be here, be still. Fall in love with this.

Fear only has power when we resist what we're frightened of. If we are okay with it, fear loses its power. Anything I was frightened of, I made okay. Which allowed me to live my life very fully, very totally, because I didn't let fear control me.

It's the only way to freedom. The false one has to die. It's like learning to die before the body does. If you can learn to die before the body dies, you can wake up to your true nature. Awareness can stay aware of itself. And this is freedom.

The whole idea is to learn to die before the body does. This is an old tradition. This is ten thousand years old. This is what Osho was up to.

The practice of acceptance annihilates you. And Nirvana is about annihilation. It's not about heaven. It's about annihilation of the object that's in the way. The object that's in the way is you as an 'I'. You are pure awareness and you are here before the 'I' even begins.

When you take Sannyas you might not get born again, you might die.

The fear of death stops people from living. How can you have fun when you're so frightened to die?

People are so frightened of death because they don't know what's going to happen. If you take away fear, death is fine. It's just another adventure.

Fear is our main defence system. It's a terrible master. If we serve it, we don't have a life. If we choose not to serve it, we can have a really brilliant life. We can have many adventures.

Wake up, and then bring it into the marketplace. If you're awake and in the marketplace, you are deadly. You see everything coming. You have a big picture of everything. It is brilliant.

Awakening isn't something that happens to the ego. The ego doesn't get to come to the party.

You can't actually wake up. What can happen is awakening can happen inside of you, and that is when that which is aware of the mind becomes aware of itself.

Anyone can have a Satori at any time. Satori in itself, once it's gone, it's gone, it's the past. It's not worth anything except that it might motivate the mind to do what's required to facilitate enlightenment.

In just becoming aware of beingness, Satoris, there is a glimpse of reality, a glimpse of who you truly are. If that glimpse is continuous 24 hours a day, seven days a week, that's enlightenment.

Enlightenment is not a process. Preparing the mind to support enlightenment is a process.

People don't understand enlightenment. They think somehow that you get enlightened. That's not what happens. It's not possible for you to get enlightened, because you are not real.

I haven't felt human in 22 years. The body and the mind is basically a space suit. We're the pure awareness that is aware of it.

Someone who's awake has an absence of an 'I', has an absence of a somebody.

The words are all bullshit. It is the presence that is the entry point into your own true nature.

If you want to wake up, find a living Master, someone who's awake, and be with them, sit with them. People who aren't awake can't really help you wake up because they don't know how to. If they did, they'd be awake.

A reality teacher is somebody who is living as Truth, who is trying to show others their Truth, what they truly are, which is the same Truth. It's not different. It's the same. We are all one.

A seeker checks everything. They lift the rocks to find out what's under them. It's what makes them seekers. You take my word for anything, you're not a seeker.

I am a Satsang teacher. I use everything to help people learn surrender because that is the key to higher consciousness and enlightenment. I have your enlightenment and higher consciousness in mind, always.

How should a seeker be with a living Master? Very carefully. Before you pick a living Master, make sure they're walking their talk. Someone who's awake has a Buddha field around them, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Listen like your life depends upon it, because it does.

It's a love affair. The Master is devoted to the disciple to help them get free, and the love from the disciple to the Master is the love of devotion. And in devotion comes the willingness to die for truth.

People who decide to not follow the instructions probably don't stand a chance. If you stubbornly think that your way is better, you might as well quit now. I followed my teacher's instructions to the letter because I wasn't arrogant. I saw arrogance as a form of stupidity.

The energy field of an awakened being can change your life immeasurably towards higher consciousness and love and ultimately freedom, but only if you're willing to do the work to support what is happening.

The only way you can tell if someone's enlightened is if they have a permanent Buddha field around them. That's the only way. There's different bodies, different attitudes. Some like heavy metal, Harley Davidsons and Mustangs.

Find people who are further ahead in life and learn from them. They can greatly impact one's success and failure.

All living creatures are beings. All living creatures value their lives and they don't want to be hurt. Part of finding your own heart is being kind to everything. Being gentle with everything.

The only reason we might not be perceiving love is because somewhere there's a closure, somewhere there's defensiveness. If we're wide open, then love is here. It's always here, and then we celebrate life.

It is in perceiving love that we find we have always been the ocean, not just the wave on the surface. Everything for love always. Openness counts for everything.

Life is a flow. Birth, life, death, chaos. It's all a flow. The moment you resist, you step into a stuck place, but life just keeps flowing anyway. It's not like you can stop it. The chaos continues, and if you can be okay with that you can be rested inside yourself.

Life is an adventure. Everyone you meet is an adventure. Every moment you have is an adventure. Unless you're living in your head and you're dreaming, then it seems like repetition.

The best way to deal with all adventures is to be in wonderment. Not in your head, analysing whether it's good, bad, right or wrong, but just in wonderment like a little kid.

The world is a better place for the artists and musicians being here. It's a better place for people who know how to flow. They are true assets because they're having fun. They're creating. They're enjoying life. They're with life. They're sharing that. It's very beautiful.

Yin is receptivity. When I practiced martial arts, I learned how to be Yin. You learn how to be empty, you learn how to be nothing. You learn how to be the wind and the water, instead of the rock. Then you can always stay in flow.

Yoga is about stretching the body, doing the asanas, and opening up different channels. Yoga has a physical side and a mental side. Both have to be operated on at the same time. It is a great undoing. Yoga is wonderful. I love yoga.

When you take Sannyas, you're creating a new life for yourself. Leaving your old life behind and starting a spiritual life. Part of that is taking on a new name. The old name has a certain history with it. You can leave that history behind. Start fresh.