Glory of Power

Whatever we see or think about is the manifestation of the Mother, of the Primordial Energy, the Primal Consciousness. Creation, preservation, and destruction, living beings and the universe, and further, meditation and the meditator, bhakti [devotion] and prema [divine love] all these are manifestations of the glory of that Power. - Ramakrishna

Signs

In deep meditation aspirants may See forms like snow or smoke. They may feel A strong wind blowing or a wave of heat. They may see within them more and more light: Fireflies, lightning, sun, or moon. These are signs That one is far on the path to Brahman.

- Shvetashvatara Upanishad

This liberation is Enlightenment

When ignorance is destroyed, the Self is liberated from its identification with the world. This liberation is Enlightenment. - The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, 2:25

truth

Truth is no theory, no speculative system of philosophy, no intellectual insight. Truth is exact correspondence with reality.

- Paramhansa Yogananda

uttrayan - dakshinayan

The six months of the northern path of the sun, the path of light, of fire, of day, of the bright fortnight, leads knowers of Brahman to the supreme goal. The six months of the southern path of the sun, the path of smoke, of night, of the dark fortnight, leads other souls to the light of the moon and rebirth.

- Bhagavad Gita 8:24-25

values

Neglecting valuable advice, an ignorant man becomes the cause of his own misery. That soul who neither follows another's orders nor fathoms what to do himself creates nothing but torment until he leaves this life.

- Tirukkural 847-848

renounce

Whatsoever a man has renounced, From the sorrow born of that he has freed himself. After a man has renounced, he enjoys the many true things in this World. Let men desiring that renounce in time.

- Tirukkural 35:341-342