Quotes About Enlightenment

People get smarter. The human brain has a potential for development. Some day it will grow big enough so that everybody will see and understand the truth, and then we won't act like a bunch of sheep, and then that wall separates the two sides of us will crumble, just like the wall of Jericho.

The ecstasy of the moment will, I believe, lead the way to the terribly elusive clarity I seek.

A book can transform your life and add new dimensions to the way you think.

The key to all mysteries and the source of all Illumination lies deep within the self. ROSICRUCIAN MANUSCRIPT

He who knows others is wise; He who knows himself is enlightened. TAO TE CHING (600 B.C.E.)

You can only apprehend the infinite by entering into a state in which you are finite self no longer.

Men who know themselves are no longer fools. They stand on the threshold of the door of Wisdom.

The sage said, 'The best thing is not to hate anyone, only to love.' That is the only way out of it. As soon as you have forgiven those whom you hate, you have gotten rid of them. Then you have no reason to hate them you just forget.

What does it mean to become spiritual, or godly? It means to have a higher view of life, to look at life from a higher point of view. It is the high point of view in life which ennobles the soul; it is by a broad outlook on life that spiritual aristocracy is realized.

But why must man suffer and sacrifice for God? At the end of his suffering and sacrifice he will find that though he began to do so for God, it has proved to be for himself. It is the foolishly selfish who is selfish, and the wisely selfish proves to be selfless.

It is more important to find out the truth about oneself than to find out the truth about heaven and hell, or about many other things which are of less importance and are apart from oneself. However, every man's pursuit is according to his state of evolution, and so each soul is in pursuit of something—but he does not know where it leads him.

Es gibt nichts auf der Welt, was für kontemplative Menschen nicht erreichbar wäre, wenn sie nur wissen, wie man kontempliert. (S 162)

Wir alle sind das, wovon wir uns bewusst sind. Gefängnisinsassen wissen von ihrem Gefängnis. Menschen, die viel Geld auf der Bank haben, aber dessen nicht bewusst sind, sind trotz ihres Reichtums arm. Wir haben nur das, wovon wir bewusst sind. Deshalb beruht unsere Größe oder unsere Kleinheit auf unserem Bewusstsein. Selbst eine erleuchtete Seele zu werden, beruht nur auf einem Unterschied im Bewusstsein. (s. 181)

Mit jedem Schritt hin zur Erkenntnis der Wahrheit, fühlt man sich selbstsicherer. Je mehr Zweifel überwunden werden, und je mehr das Selbstvertrauen wächst, desto stärker wird der eigene Wille; und je näher man zur Wahrheit gelangt, desto mehr Licht wird man sehen. Was ist dieses Licht? Es ist das Licht der Selbst-Verwirklichung. (S. 57)

There is a perfect wisdom working continually day and night. The mystic sees it in everything with open eyes; and that is the great miracle.

for to know reality is to know all that is to be known.

The soul's happiness is in itself; nothing can make the soul fully happy but self-realization.

Für die erleuchtete Seele wird das Leben selbst zur Heiligen Schrift.

Alle Schätze der Welt sind ein zu geringer Preis für ein einziges Wort, das die Seele erleuchtet.

Fana, the merging in the ideal. In order to attain

Das Ego des Menschen ist das falsche Ego; Gottes Ego ist das wahre Ego. Doch was ist das Ego? Das Ego ist Teil einer Linie: an einem Ende der Linie befindet sich Gottes Ego, am anderen das Ego des Menschen. Letzteres ist falsch, weil der Mensch sein Ego mit seinen Illusionen überdeckt hat, die er Ich-selbst nennt. Daher, wenn das Ego durch Liebe, Weisheit oder Meditation aufgelöst wird verfliegen die Wolken, die es bedeckten und das wahre Ego, Gottes Ego tritt in Erscheinung. (S. 176)

The modern period is defined by a distinctive worldview, forged in all its essentials during the Enlightenment, which we'll label "modernism" for lack of anything better.

We are born in both intellectual and moral darkness. We need the influence of the Holy Spirit—in the life of Jesus Christ, in the Bible, in the historical church, and in our own consciences—to enlighten us. Since modernity rejected all these things, it's no wonder that it abounded in as much evil and discord as it has.

You will remember it as having been a moment of intense and complete joy. Look to that moment. You will know when you are seeing world as Spirit, because you will recognize that feeling of joy.