A Master’s Secret Whispers — Wisdom From Kapil Gupta

One of the books that contain so much wisdom about life is A Master’s Secret Whispers by Kapil Gupta. Below are some of the highlights and passages from the book:

N.B: [S]: Student; [M]: Master

• Nature gives nothing for free.
• First you must find an ideal that you truly, truly wish to imbibe. An ideal that makes you shake. An ideal that literally brings tears to your eyes. For this will demonstrate your Authenticity for wanting to know it on more than simply an intellectual level.
• Impossibility simply has no power in the face of Genuine Desire.
• Unless you are going Somewhere, you are going Nowhere. And even Nowhere is the Perfect place to go if you are specifically going Nowhere.
• Impossibility will bow at your alter [sic], my student. But first become a man worthy of being bowed to. Not through fame and accomplishment. But through Uncompromising Sincerity. Be not a pretender, my dear student. Be Uncompromising. For the man who refuses to compromise holds The Universe in his hands.
• Do you know the back story of Musashi, my student? … Musashi devoted the whole of his days and nights to a study of not only the sword, but of the mind. In seclusion. In the depths of the jungle.
• Anxiety is a byproduct. It cannot be eliminated head-on. One must penetrate the source from which it arises.
• That which a man owns, he destroys.
• My life is like the snowflake. It falls with the freedom of falling. Knowing that when it lands it will feel no pain. Because the moment it touches the ground, it will melt.
• My life is like the leaf that trembles and changes color according to the seasons. Not knowing or caring that it has done so.
• My life is like the Eagle that soars across the great blue sky. With no place, in particular, to go.
• My life does not move. It has too much weight to move. it never leaves the moment. For it cannot survive outside of it.
• Man spends the whole of his life searching for things  that do not exist.
• Possessing something is one thing. Having access to it is another.
• Rise, my student. And insist First upon the glory of Freedom. So that no arena can contain you. An no man can equal you. For your journey is unlike any other man in the field.
• To waste a minute is to waste a life.
• Confidence, my student, is not a product of comparison. It is a product of indifference.
• If you are indifferent to what others think or believe about you, confidence will be with you.
• But the True Master is the one who Understands Life.
• It is about seeing things as they are. Seeing human beings as they are.
• Only the fool trains in order to win. The wise man trains in order to forge his Spirit. He trains in order to perfect his skill. For his craft is his life. And its refinement is his Journey. A Journey toward perfecting himself.
• When a man Genuinely values his Freedom above all else, then he is Ready.
• Then what is it that you see nobility in? Truth. Understanding. Clarity.
• The only man who needs justification is the one who is uncertain.
• The man of wisdom has seen that all joys are followed by misery. All pleasures are followed by pain. He has seen the undeniable reproducibility of this fact. And thus he has grown tired of seeking pleasure. And in so doing he has become immune to the pain that follows.
• The Freedom from the need to seek anything.
• [S]: From where does wisdom arise? [M]: Dispassionate observation.
• [S]: How can I help the world? [M]: By discovering Yourself.
• [S]: Then what is the aim of man’s life? [M]: To become enlightened.
• [S]: What is your idea of enlightenment? [M]: A dissolution of the self
• [S]: What does it mean to become a Master? [M]: To live a life of completely free of even the slightest trace of turmoil.
• To need nothing is to have everything.