Quotes About Enlightenment

Wisdom is the ability to do two things at once, to be in the world and enjoy it and at the same time, to be in the realms of light, to be in samadhi.

The only way into truth is through one's own annihilation; through dwelling a long time in a state of extreme and total humiliation.

True ecstasy is stepping out of the bondage of the time-bound, space-bound world. We long to be free of fear and limitation. We hunger to experience our infinite, unbounded Self.

Knowledge for its own sake was meaningless, its mere accumulation a waste of time. Knowledge must lead to understanding.

Blossom time has come and many ancient seekers are today getting their Self Realization.

When you are in the present without thinking, you are for the first time spiritual.

Those who sit perfectly physically usually take more time to obtain the true way of Zen.

It is possible to transcend the usual limitations of the body, ego, space, and linear time.

If you put your conditioned intellect to rest for a long time, suddenly it will be like the bottom falling out of a bucket - then you will naturally be happy and at peace.

Through incarnations, some beings do go down. That is to say, they forget. The soul falls into an eclipse of itself and there is a downward progression for a time.

The awareness of liberation is not liberation. The awareness of time is not liberation.

During deep meditation it is possible to dispel time, to see simultaneously all the past, present, and future, and then everything is good, everything is perfect, everything is Brahman.

When you are truly meditative, there is no time and space for you. Time and space is just a creation of the mind.

We have seen the mere distinction of color made in the most enlightened period of time, a ground of the most oppressive dominion ever exercised by man over man.

Everyone's light turns on at their own time.

Man in his effort to pray and receive guidance actually enhances his separation from who he really is and what he is reaching for. In time, you have all answers to all questions.

But all the time our warmth and brilliance are right here. This is who we really are. We are one blink of an eye away from being fully awake.

Sacrifice does not mean that, by giving, we lose something. We sacrifice our limited self to our highest and largest Self, and at that time we immediately become the largest and the highest Self.

Even though in the world you are the most learned scholar of the time, Behold the vanishing of this world and this time!

Magic is the recognition of the fire burning behind us when all else see only their own shadow on the wall.

Reason, you'll always be half-blind.

L'incivilimento dei costumi, il progresso delle idee durante l'ultimo secolo è opera d'una minoranza esigua di spiriti illuminati; la massa resta ignara, feroce quando può, sempre egoista e gretta, e si può scommettere fondatamente che tale resterà sempre.

From a mind filled with infinite love comes the power to create infinite possibilities. We have the power to think in ways that reflect and attract all the love in the world. Such thinking is called enlightenment. Enlightenment is not a process we work toward, but a choice available to us in any instant.

There is, inside all our heads, the ego's rabid attack dog. It is purely vicious toward others and toward ourselves as well. Learning to control that dog, and ultimately to end its life, is the process and purpose of enlightened relationships.