The self exists both inside and outside the physical body, just like an image exists within and outside the mirror.
– Ashtavakra Gita
Tag: Body
Know then that the body is merely a…
Know then that the body is merely a garment.
Go seek the wearer, not the cloak.
-Rumi
You are a soul carrying about a corpse…
You are a soul carrying about a corpse.
Epictetus
Once you know that death happens to the…
Once you know that death happens to the body and not to you, you just watch your body falling off like a discarded garment. Once you know that the body alone dies and not the continuity of memory and the sense of “I am” reflected in it, you are afraid no longer.
-Nisargadatta Maharaj
You only get one mind and one body…
You only get one mind and one body. And it’s got to last a lifetime. Now, it’s very easy to let them ride for many years. But if you don’t take care of that mind and that body, they’ll be a wreck forty years later, just like a car would be.
-Warren Buffet