Quotes About Enlightenment

Trying to become a good or better human being sounds like a commendable and high-minded thing to do, yet it is an endeavor you cannot ultimately succeed in unless there is a shift in consciousness.

how "spiritual" you are has nothing to do with what you believe but everything to do with your state of consciousness.

To be identified with your mind is to be trapped in time. The compulsion arises because the past gives you an identity and the future holds the promise of salvation, of fulfillment in whatever form. Both are illusions. Life is Now.

What a liberation to realize that the "voice in my head" is not who I am. Who am I then? The one who sees that. The awareness that is prior to thought, the space in which the thought—or the emotion or sense perception—happens.

The greatest achievement of humanity is not its works of art, science, or technology, but the recognition of its own dysfunction, its own madness.

But any changes that you make, whether they have to do with your work, your relationships, or your surroundings, are ultimately only cosmetic unless they arise out of a change in your level of consciousness.

who are you? Consciousness that has become conscious of itself.

si no hubiera ilusión no habría iluminación".

Nesmíte zapomínat, že ego potÃ…â"¢ebuje problémy a nepÃ…â"¢átele, aby posílilo sv?j pocit odlou?enosti, na níž závisí jeho totožnost.

A new heaven" is the emergence of a transformed state of human consciousness, and "a new earth" is its reflection in the physical realm.

all your problems or perceived causes of suffering or unhappiness were miraculously removed for you today, but you had not become more present, more conscious, you would soon find yourself with a similar set of problems or causes of suffering, like a shadow that follows you wherever you go. Ultimately

You are not the ego, so when you become aware of the ego in you, it does not mean you know who you are - it means you know who you are not. But it is through knowing who you are not that the greatest obstacle to truly knowing yourself is removed.

The secret of life is to die before you die and find that there is no death

To create suffering without recognizing it -- this is the essence of unconscious living...

You do not need to wait for the world to become sane, or for somebody else to become conscious, before you can be enlightened

It read: 'Danger. All structures are unstable.' I said to my friend, 'That's a profound sutra [sacred scripture].' And we stood there in awe. Once you realize and accept that all structures (forms) are unstable, even the seemingly solid material ones, peace arises within you. This is because the recognition of the impermanence of all forms awakens you to the dimension of the formless within yourself, that which is beyond death.

El secreto de la vida es "morir antes de morir" y descubrir que no hay muerte.

Así pues el único paso vital en su camino hacia la iluminación es este: aprenda a dejar de identificarse con su mente. Cada

The recognition of the false is already the arising of the real.

The problems of the mind cannot be solved on the level of the mind.

Most of the time it is not you who speaks when you say or think "I" but some aspect of that mental construct, the egoic self. Once you awaken, you still use the word "I," but it will come from a much deeper place within yourself.

Only those who have transcended the world can bring about a better world.

Tao Te Ching.

In the greater scheme of things, human beings are meant to evolve into conscious beings, and those who don't will suffer the consequences of their unconsciousness. They are out of alignment with the evolutionary impulse of the universe.