Quotes About Enlightenment

I didn't arrive at my understanding of the fundamental laws of the universe through my rational mind."—A. Einstein

Those who know do not talk And talkers do not know."—Tao Te Ching

Religions are founded by what mystics say when they come back; but what the mystics say is not the same as what happened to them.

The dance goes from realizing that you're separate (which is the awakening) to then trying to find your way back into the totality of which you are not only a part, but which you are.

The spiritual journey is not about acquiring something outside yourself. Rather, you are penetrating the layers and veils to return to the deepest truth of your own being.

Knowledge all by itself, without deep wisdom, ends up becoming despair.

Instead of filling your mind with the daily news, fill it with stuff that helps you become more conscious, that liberates you. As you become more aware of what gets you to God and what doesn't, you will naturally let go of what doesn't. That's purification. You do it to get to God, not for the sake of being pure.

To him who has had the experience no explanation is necessary, to him who has not, none is possible." And

As long as one feels that he is the doer, he cannot escape from the wheel of births."—Buddha

Ram asks Hanuman, "Who are you, Hanuman?" Hanuman answers, "When I don't know who I am, I serve you. When I know who I am, I am you.

When someone asked Maharaj-ji how to meditate, he said, "Meditate the way Christ meditated. . . . He lost himself in love.

In The Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment, Thaddeus Golas says, "You never have to change what you see, only the way you see it.

Whoever clings to mind sees not The truth of what's Beyond the mind. Whoever strives to practice Dharma Finds not the truth of Beyond-practice. To know what is Beyond both mind and practice, One should cut cleanly through the root of mind And stare naked. One should thus break away From all distinctions and remain at ease.

How do I know if a person is my guru? a devotee asked Maharajji. Do you feel he can free you from all desires, attachments, and so forth? DO you feel he can lead you to final liberation?

Sub Ishwar hai

Sooner or later the realization comes that nothing we can think of is going to do it.

The eyes of a saint are always concentrated on the Supreme Self. The minute he is aware of himself, sainthood is lost. – Neem Karoli Baba

And then there was a still less frequent experience where one looked at somebody and he started to see the other person as cellular structure or patterns of energy rather than as a person. And finally, a few subjects (maybe 3% or something like that) transcended all form and saw just pure energy—a homogeneous field. It has been called the White Light.

Hafiz the poet said, "O thou who are trying to learn the marvel of love from the copybook of reason, I'm very much afraid that you will never really see the point.

When you have started to awaken and see that there are other planes of reality that are equally valid to the one which presently exists, you learn how to live more or less with more and more planes simultaneously, which is what freedom is about. It's not totally standing in one plane, it's not standing anywhere at all.

As you awaken, you realize that personal karma is just another illusion. The illusion is that this is the only reality. The witness helps you to see that there are choices, different ways to perceive reality.

The goal of the path is to BE high, not GET high.

The more conscious that a being becomes, the more he can use any occupation as a vehicle for spreading light.

A lineage that is pure is one that catapults us ultimately out the other end; it isn't designed to make us followers of the lineage. It is designed to take us through itself and free us at the other end.