The Awakening Quotes
The ground under the Bilva tree is very holy. Meditating here quickly brings about an awakening of the religious instinct. Shri Ramakrishna used to say so.
The uplift of the women, the awakening of the masses must come first, and then only can any real good come about for the country, for India.
I think we are making a mistake, a very big mistake if we look at what we call the Arab Awakening only by looking at the whole dynamics in political and not in economic terms.
There is a connection between energy, climate, food and political stability. That has played out in the Arab awakening and is not done playing out.
I am drawn to intimate, often uncomfortable portraits of a woman persevering and awakening.
Fantasy is not the literature of subversion of the status quo but of 'awakening to' the status quo.
Self awakening enables you to see the human scene as it is, not as it appears to be, which frees you of its chaos.
Great indeed is Fear; but it is not, as our military enthusiasts believe and try to make us believe, the only stimulus known for awakening the higher ranges of men's spiritual energy.
For each of us, there comes a time when we must awaken and become what we were born to become.
This is the miracle of all miracles—when life sacrifices itself to become something greater. When it awakens to its potential and rises in power. That is true magic.
Nirvana is too simple an experience to be depicted by diagrams.
He has no need for faith who knows the uncreated, who has cut off rebirth, who has destroyed any opportunity for good or evil, and cast away all desire. He is indeed the ultimate man.
For the bliss of the deep abode is not lightly abandoned in favor of the self-scattering of the wakened state,
Divinity is not a fashion. It is the way of life. It is the need of yourbeing, you have to become that.
There is a rose in every heart. Enlightenment is recognizing that rose.
Nowadays, the concept of love is greatly trampled because there is too much permissibility.
Hold onto who loves and honor you.Not everyone will know how to.Some souls don't even know how to love and honor themselves, let alone you.
Watch how your enthusiasm can light up another’s fire. This is how we wake up the world.
Remember seeker, our earthly perceptions of reality are just an illusion.
For aeons past, there were many gods who descended to be humans, yet there were not many humans who ascended back to their divinity.
Bliss is inherent in the Self as fragrance is inherent in a flower. As the flower of the Self-love blossoms, bliss comes spontaneously as the fragrance.
Awakening means you’ve come home to yourself, that consciousness shifted back to its original nature.
Serious spiritual practice is more than serene walks in the woods, lit candles and incense. You have to be committed. You have to be willing to enter into your own darkness and transcend it.
Even this is paradoxical because even though the ego does all the spiritual practice in the beginning, it’s the Truth that has orchestrated it all.
Get to know who you are not, because when you know your ego the Truth of who you are will also become clear.
Happiness is purely a chosen state of being available to all, at all times.I choose to be happy, because I am.
The awakening is finally realizing that you are a part of God, like a single cell that finally sees it is a part of you.
Accepting that a person will die and shucking off any aversion to this blunt thought awakens the mind to realize what is possible in a human life.
The path of nonviolence is the path of respect. It is respect towards every being. It is the path of awakening the consciousness of every being.
Let those who are awake awaken the dormant in every matter which desperately needs the liberating light of the truth or else the dormant will forever sleep!
Only love can be shared, and the attempt to 'share' an illusion is literally impossible.
Everyone has the fire, but the champions know when to ignite the spark.
I was transformed the dayMy ego shattered, And all the superficial, materialThings that matteredTo me before, Suddenly ceasedTo matter.
It takes courage to become authentic. So many talk about the light but not enough speak the truth about the struggles it takes to get there and the tools to overcome it all.
The closer you come to knowing that you alone create the world of your experience, the more vital it becomes for you to discover just who is doing the creating.
Empathy nurtures wisdom. Apathy cultivates ignorance.
Your actions show what you know, and your replies to obstacles give clarity into what you will learn.
True Love is when you are able to see yourself in another, when you recognize that there is no separation between you and any other Being in the Universe.
You are not limited to this body, to this mind, or to this reality—you are a limitless ocean of Consciousness, imbued with infinite potential. You are existence itself.
Everything exists as information in a field of infinite possibilities, and it is our Consciousness that renders the information and causes it to appear as the material world.
Everything we perceive to be solid and static is made up of almost entirely empty space.
Subject and object are not separate—so-called objective reality is projected by our subjective Consciousness.
God is the ultimate ground of Being, and this ultimate ground of Being is YOU. For one who realizes their true nature as God, as Consciousness, life becomes a joy without end.