The Enlightenment Quotes
. . . Kings, aristocrats, tyrants, whoever they be, are slaves rebelling against the sovereign of the earth, which is the human race, and against the legislator of the universe, which is n
There is no point of being enlightened unless you have started enlightening others!
And as for the enlightened, one can only pity them the deceptions of their muses.
Detachment is a basic requirement for seeking enlightenment. Anyone or anything we are attached to has power to manipulate us although we all have freedom to choose.
And what is enlightenment anyway but delusions we can live with?
Enlightenment is achieved only when, in addition to knowing what an author says, you know what he means and why he says it.
Does one really have to fretAbout enlightenment?No matter what road I travel, I’m going home.
Forms come and go. You, the quantum non-entity behind your human identity, comes nor goes.
Only love can be shared, and the attempt to 'share' an illusion is literally impossible.
When a man has many women in his life to cater to, one of them is bound to come last.
As the wine matures in the wine bottle so doth the minds of men and woman through experience
No spiritual master who ever walked the earth has anything on you. You're the complete package, the real deal. You just don't remember it yet.
We effect more than we can possibly know. With every mood, every thought, every word, every gesture, we change our lives and our universe.
There was hardly an eminent writer in Paris who was unacquainted with the inside of the Conciergerie or the Bastille.
I’ve heard that sometimes a version of you must die before another more enlightened version can be born. I think that’s true after watching the corpse of myself walk around.
You have eternity to experience your awakened self. So why not enjoy the dream while you’re in it, even if it is limited?
There is an enlightened way to flow with, in, and through conflict.
The unseen essential awaits your enlightened heart's ascension to love.
The idea of innovation is the idea of progress stripped of the aspirations of the Enlightenment, scrubbed clean of the horrors of the twentieth century, and relieved of its critics.
Enlightenment doesn’t make us a better person if we seek it just for us. It doesn’t erase our desires or put an end to even our own suffering. In fact it is the suffering that ennobles us.
There is a great difference between enlightenment and education. The former is a discerned vital knowledge without guidance while the latter is imparting any knowledge.
Enlightenment is not an attainment, it is a realization. And when you wake up, everything changes and nothing changes.
Sandals. The Sufi teacher Ghulam-Shah was asked what pattern he used in formulating his courses for disciples. He said: 'Barefoot until you can get sandals, sandals until you can manage boots.
JUST BECAUSE ANYONE CAN, DOESN'T MEAN EVERYONE SHOULD (Mrs. Peters to Conner Bailey)
Actual freedom has not increased in proportion to man's awareness of it.
If you believe that you are NOT omnipresent, omniscient and ultimately omnipotent – you are delusional. If you believe that you are separate from that which you call God, then you are living a lie.
An enlightened thinker does not waste his precious time thinking about what others think of what he thinks.
The bottom line remains the same: you’re either awake or you’re not.One day, there it is. Nothing. No more enemies, no more battles.
Was this how trauma worked? she wondered. Those closest to it remained dumbfounded by the fact that those who weren't present could derive meaning from it?
I have said: "Blow out the lamp! Day is here!" And you keep saying: "Give me a lamp so I can find the day.
