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Quotes About Enlightenment

To know means to know all. Not to know all means not to know. In order to know all, it is only necessary to know a little. But, in order to know this little, it is first necessary to know pretty much.
~ G.I. Gurdjieff
Love without knowledge is demonic.
~ G.I. Gurdjieff
To awaken means to realize one's nothingness, that is, to realize one's complete and absolute mechanicalness, and one's complete and absolute helplessness... So long as a man is not horrified at himself, he knows nothing about himself.
~ G.I. Gurdjieff
There are two kinds of suffering - conscious and unconscious. Only a fool suffers unconsciously.
~ G.I. Gurdjieff
And who are the true philosophers? Those who love the sight of truth.
~ G.M.A. Grube
Water drinkers perceive nothing but the crude and material appearance of things, while intoxication, on the contrary, dulls the eyes of the body and brightens those of the soul.
~ Gerard de Nerval
We're illuminated by a larger, unknown light We are manifestations on its surface We look at one another Enormities of darkness What is it then that exists? Neither can informed unknowing exist Nor can any gnostic darkness or light I see the angel of light Hear the voice Blinded Again and again this returns Even at the bottom of light
~ Göran Sonnevi
La educación es, tal vez, la forma más alta de buscar a Dios.
~ Gabriela Mistral
It was as if she were a mathematical proof that had eluded him for many years, but all at once, with fresh, well-rested eyes, the proof had a completely obvious solution.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.
~ Galileo
Facts which at first seem improbable will, even on scant explanation, drop the cloak which has hidden them and stand forth in naked and simple beauty.
~ Galileo Galilei
Thus Buddha told the boddhisatva: the myriad phenomena are vanity, the absence of phenomena is also vanity.
~ Gao Xingjian
I've seen the truth, and it makes no sense.
~ Garrison Keillor
I want everybody to be smart. As smart as they can be. A world of ignorant people is too dangerous to live in.
~ Garson Kanin
Take karma, make dharma.
~ Gary Gach
The peace of God is the goal of the Course
~ Gary R. Renard
One way the Holy Spirit will awaken you is to teach you that what you think is happening is not happening.
~ Gary R. Renard
we're saying he had awakened from the dream. That's not just a minor distinction, Gary. Indeed, being more seemingly awake in the dream is what passes for enlightenment among very many, but that's not what we're teaching.
~ Gary R. Renard
You want to think of that person as being unlimited. Instead of thinking of them as being part of it, you want to think of them as being all of it. If you do that, it will take you away from the focus of being an illusion and result in a highly positive outcome. It will work. It will save you lifetimes of effort.
~ Gary R. Renard
The Disappearance of the Universe
~ Gary R. Renard
what the Course is teaching is that you can undo the ego that's in your mind, have the Holy Spirit heal all of your unconscious guilt, and be free. The fastest way to do that is to change the way you look at other people, events, and situations. It also teaches you how to do that.
~ Gary R. Renard
Remember, the truth is not in the dream, but it can be heard in the dream.
~ Gary R. Renard
Like the caterpillar becomes the butterfly, you will become Christ — and be one with all of true Creation.
~ Gary R. Renard
La religión o la espiritualidad en la que crees no determina lo espiritualmente avanzado que estés en términos de conciencia. Hay cristianos que están entre los más realizados, y hay cristianos que son unos necios charlatanes. Esto es así en todas las religiones, filosofías y vías espirituales, sin excepción.
~ Gary R. Renard