Quotes About Enlightenment

He who knows does not speak. He who speaks does not know.

He who knows others is wise.He who knows himself is enlightened.

Darkness within darkness. The gateway to all understanding.

He who knows others is wise;He who know himself is enlightened.

Scholars of the highest class, when they hear about the Tao...

We're not looking at the breath in order to get to enlightenment.

Enlightenment, after all, is just one more bone. It's an idea we have.

I already know that," you might say. Well, you do. And you also don't.

I have to sound critical just to let people know there is more to life than they have realized.

Men det man ikke faÌŠr se, bli enda verre for vaÌŠre øyne. Det vokser. Det forsvinner aldri. Uvitenheten er et drivhus hvor de skrekkeligste blomster gror.

Se han acostumbrado a creer que el mundo es como ellos piensan que es, y temen conocer la verdad.

Buscar sombra siempre es doloroso. Pero permanecer ciegos es más doloroso aún.

Mi séquito estuvo compuesto por diez sabios colmados de ciencia, los cuales permanecían callados , sabiendo lo que tanto se olvida, que el no saber es la única ciencia

OH THAT I COULD GO TO THE SKY WHERE I MIGHT FIND A CLEAR KNOWING.

The word Gnosis was used by the Greeks for 'knowledge' - not everyday common knowledge, but deep knowledge that can only be gained through direct individual revelation. In other words, it is 'Divine Knowledge.

Just as it was not necessary for Beethoven to know the science of the physical manufacture of the instruments in his orchestra in order for him to compose, it is not necessary for you to understand vortex based mathematics, fractal field theory, dodecahedrons, geometric solids, calculus, Fibonacci series, centripetal force, and quantum physics in order to become enlightened.

You are an epiphany.

The academician commonly is more interested in gaining information to swell his or her bag of facts, than to open him or herself up to psycho-spiritual transmutation. This wisdom would be wasted on those whose only interest is to rape wisdom for academic data.

Gnosticism is the purest and most direct way of knowing God and the Universe.

Our society needs a functional mythology of the Dark. We need a spirituality that reminds us that we have to share one half of our existence with the Dark. We can do this willing or unwillingly. The paradox must be lived in our lives in order for us to be truly enlightened.

giant egg of light,

Through stories and tales, we can bypass the egoistic conscious mind and see through the veil of our Limited Selves to a larger view of reality.

The various schools, dergahs, ashrams, tekkes, organizations, and holistic centers that purportedly teach paths to 'enlightenment' have some poor track records of late. To cover up their students' widespread lack of enlightenment, the teachers of these schools portray enlightenment as something that is infrequent, unusual and difficult to achieve.

Living knowledge goes beyond words and lifeless facts and takes you into a wordless direct knowing of the Ultimate Reality.