Quotes About Awakening

Without a master you cannot possibly awaken to enlightenment, so follow a qualified master and accomplish whatever he commands. (p. 31)

Free from the impulse to avoid, cultivate or cling. all concepts of samsara and nirvana totally vanish into the expanse of nondual wakefulness, and you remain nakedly as nondual unity, the essence of great bliss. At that time, even if the Dharmaraja, the Lord of Death, puts his hook into you and takes you away, you will not feel fear or dread.

rousing myself from my memories.

Janet awoke to the delicious sensation of Jack's callused hand sliding over the bare skin of her ass. "Good morning, angel." His voice was deep and sleepy.

One reason for pausing is that young babies make a lot of movement and noise while they're sleeping. This is normal and fine. If parents rush in and pick the baby up every time he makes a peep, they'll sometimes wake him up.

Piney woke up wearing a big grin on his face. He couldn't remember when he'd slept so well. He pulled the pillow next to him up over his face. He could smell her hair on it. "Jesse," he murmured to himself. He liked her. He really liked her. And he loved, loved, loved doing her. Being inside her. She was so hot. She was so tight. She was… Piney stopped himself in midthought and rolled out of bed. His mind was headed where his body could not go.

There is an earthly sun, which is the cause of all heat, and all who are able to see may see the sun; and those who are blind and cannot see him may feel his heat. There is an Eternal Sun, which is the source of all wisdom, and those whose spiritual senses have awakened to life will see that sun and be conscious of His existence; but those who have not attained spiritual consciousness may yet feel His power by an inner faculty which is called Intuition.

I felt that lightning bolt you feel when someone speaks a hard truth you've always known but never heard anyone say out loud.

After the third swallow, he opened his eyes, and they were night-dark velvet. He reached up and grasped Jesse's hand where it lay on his shoulder, but his eyes were on me. "Mercy," he mumbled. "What the hell did you do to my French Roast?

But how did—" Shiara stopped because Telemain was stirring. A moment later he opened his eyes and looked up at all of us. "What was that?" he asked rather hazily. "That," said Morwen, "was a sword. They are long, pointed, and very sharp. You're lucky it didn't take your head off.

Just a minute," I said. I bent over and picked it up in my right hand . . . When I woke up, Shiara was dripping water on my face.

A master can tell you what he expects of you. A teacher, though, awakens your own expectations.

La beauté ne demande pas qu'on l'apprenne, qu'on la récite ou qu'on l'applique. Elle bouleverse, éveille, réveille. Elle inspire.

I fell asleep among the beer mugs and when I woke, I couldn't think where I was.

Être éveillé, c'est souffrir; voila le sens profond de la vie.

And I feel her against me - And I think Viola - I think VIOLA! - I think VIOLA!!!!

What about falling?' I asked. 'If you fall, you fall.' Elodin shrugged. 'Sometimes falling teaches us things too. In dreams you often fall before you wake.

A veces, caer también nos enseña cosas. En los sueños, muchas veces caes antes de despertar.

Bast looked at him incredulously."The whole world is burning down,"he said."Open your eyes.

Things are more easily seen from edges. Danger rouses the sleeping mind. It makes some things clear.

My mind was learning to work in different ways, becoming stronger. It felt the same way your body feels after a day of splitting wood, or swimming, or sex. You feel exhausted, languorous, and almost godlike. I could feel my mind starting to awaken.

In dreams you often fall before you wake.

I WOKE IN A BED. In a room. In an inn. More than that was not immediately clear to me. It felt exactly like someone had hit me in the head with a church.

It is a high place with a chance of falling. Things are more easily seen from edges. Danger rouses the sleeping mind. It makes some things clear. Seeing things is a part of being a namer.