“Bliss is the sign of spiritual development and also the opening for all inspirations and powers.” - Inayat Khan
“By ecstatic I mean that rare mental condition which makes an inspired man so supremely happy in his mental concentration that he is practically unaware of everything which goes on around him extraneous to his purpose, but is keenly and vitally aware of everything pertaining to his purpose. The great composers, sculptors, painters, inventors and planners of all time were in such an ecstatic condition during their intensive creating hours (…) He who cultivates that quiet, unobtrusive ecstasy of inner joyousness can scale any heights and be a leader in his field, no matter what that field is. He who never finds it must be content to follow in the footsteps of those who do, (…)” - Walter Russell
“Although ecstasy is the most blissful and interesting state, those who give themselves entirely to it become unbalanced, for an overamount of anything is undesirable; as the day's labour is a necessary precursor to the night's rest, so it is better to enjoy this spiritual bliss only after the due performance of worldly duties.” - Inayat Khan
“For I say that in as man knows the ecstasy of inspiration in him he hears My Voice and sees My Light in him. He then knows the mighty rhythms of My balanced thinking and thinks with Me. (…) To him who would add ecstasy to his knowing I say, seek Me in Truth; for only in the balanced rhythms of Truth shalt thou find ecstasy. Naught of man’s creations shall endure which are not conceived and created in ecstasy. (…) They who attain the ecstasy of genius are ordained messengers of the universal One.” - universal One (via Walter Russell)
”Health is the greatest of gifts, contentedness the best riches; trust is the best of relationships, Nirvana the highest happiness.“ - Gautama Buddha
“If you work all day at something you very much dislike, you become very tired. The polarity of your body weakens in its power to divide the poles of your body cells. Even a little depolarization of all cells degenerates your bodily vitality, whereas you could work all day with intense joyousness and feel even more vitalized at the end of the day. The reason for this is because ecstasy is the continued, normal, unchanging state of God's Mind, and the more you can reflect that ecstasy the more you can keep the polarity of your body at its maximum generative power.” - Walter and Lao Russell
“I nourish the tree of life. My glory is like the mountain peak. I am exalted, wise, luminous, immortal, pure. I am the life that flows from the sun.” - Upanishads (sage Trishanku)