Quotes About Awakening

He who does so, says the Gita, cannot be a Yogi: He who fasts, he who keeps awake, he who sleeps much, he who works too much, he who does no work, none of these can be a Yogi (Gita, VI, 16).

religion is no matter of books and beliefs, but of spiritual realisation.

Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached. Arise, arise once more, for nothing can be done without renunciation.

If you want to improve your understanding, drink coffee.

I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my eyes and all is born again.

Es cortando con toda atadura sea cual sea, despersonalizándose de pies a cabeza, como el alma abismada en sí misma se muestra con todo del poder de su origen indecible.

I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.

The purpose of Buddhist practice is universal awakening, not dramatic experiences of opening any more than passive states of serenity.

This means that it is always possible for a person to return to the Source, to return to God, for there is an ultimate Divine anchor in the soul of each one of us. Think of times when you have awakened to life again, when you had a renewed sense of wonder at the possibilities open to you. This absolute ability to return—in Hebrew teshuva—is built into the structure of the universe itself. This

A dream is not something that you wake up from, but something that wakes you up.

When the lungs finally empty of air and begin to fill with the sweetness of heaven's breath, one will realize in that instant that thought they have existed before, only in that moment will they truly have begun to live.

Only, somewhere far inside my spine and deep in the palms of my hands, something hummed; like a sound too low to hear, like a warning, like a cello string when a tuning fork strikes the perfect tone to call it awake.

Each time you meet an old emotional pattern with presence, your awakening to truth can deepen. There's less identification with the self in the story and more ability to rest in the awareness that is witnessing what's happening. You become more able to abide in compassion, to remember and trust your true home. Rather than cycling repetitively through old conditioning, you are actually spiraling toward freedom.

Spiritual awakening is the process of recognizing our essential goodness, our natural wisdom and compassion.

May I be filled with lovingkindness; may I be held in lovingkindness. May I feel safe and at ease. May I feel protected from inner and outer harm. May I be happy. May I accept myself just as I am. May I touch deep, natural peace. May I know the natural joy of being alive. May I find true refuge within my own being. May my heart and mind awaken; may I be free.

The poet Rumi saw clearly the relationship between our wounds and our awakening. He counseled, "Don't turn away. Keep your gaze on the bandaged place. That's where the light enters you.

Although the trance of feeling separate and unworthy is an inherent part of our conditioning as humans, so too is our capacity to awaken

There's a prayer that comes from the Buddhist tradition, which is, 'May whatever arises serve the awakening of wisdom and compassion.

Much of our spiritual healing and awakening happens with others. We are wounded in relationship, and we need to heal in relationship.

when i look back over my own years of spiritual practice, i see that my heart and mind have been most profoundly awakened in the context of deep human relationship — giving birth and raising a child, having my heart broken, helping and being helped, facing my fears of intimacy, struggling with a judgmental mind, trying to love more fully.

But even when habits of blaming or defensiveness arise, something profound can change if those involved bring a committed presence to what is happening. This is when community becomes a refuge—a place of true awakening.

The sound of the blades on the ice in the morning is like smelling fresh coffee.

I find out the man is my Biological and he's standing there with his dick in his hand.

It is too late for lip service, the service of the Pharisee. God is deaf to such prayers. There must be an awakening in the hearts of man, true repentance, true penance. Not prayers that we be saved from the death of the body, but prayers that we be saved from the death of the spirit, which is hatred and lust and cruelty and materialism.