The Enlightenment Quotes
Everything aids everything, because all things are a reflection of the Buddha mind, of the mind of Enlightenment.
To be fixated on Sahaja Samadhi is to be fixated. To be fixated on the idea of being not fixated is fixation too. All these ideas and definitions about enlightenment become silly.
I like Miracles. They inspire me. Miracles are the fun of enlightenment. When a teacher does a miracle, and everyone sees it, they have faith in what the teacher has to say about self-discovery.
Enlightenment is a journey. It is a journey that is made alone. It is a journey that is made with a teacher.
Many books have been written to show that Christianity has emasculated the world, that it shoved aside the enlightenment and wisdom of Hellas for a doctrine of superstition and ignorance.
You are not seeking to attain some future state. That is the fallacy of many spiritual seekers. They have an image of some state - enlightenment, or whatever they call it - they want to achieve.
If there isn't an emanation of love and joy, complete presence and openness toward all beings, then it is not enlightenment.
I want to offer the possibility that Jesus was truly, as he proclaimed, a savior. Not the savior, not the one and only Son of God. Rather Jesus embodied the highest level of enlightenment.
Adversity itself may lead toward and not away from God and spiritual enlightenment; and privation may prove a source of strength if we can but keep a sweetness of mind and spirit.
The intuitive wisdom that comes from your infinite mind can add to your creativity, success and well-being, and can take you to the threshold of enlightenment.
I think with all the odd jobs I ever had, there was some kind of enlightenment but, yes, a lot of pain and suffering that I don't want to relive.
In the case of the brujos, the sorcerers in Mexico, the Spanish Conquest forced them to develop their second attention.
I am who I am who I am who am I Requesting some enlightenment Could I have been anyone other than me?
In enlightenment you have to convince a teacher not only that you are worthy of teaching, but then that they should show you some of the secrets.
I would encourage you to follow the pathway to enlightenment, to learn to meditate, to practice mindfulness, and not to really care what anybody thinks about you, including yourself.
The problem is that the Enlightenment dream may make too many demands on poor African apes like us. We may just not be up to it.
The Enlightenment is not a nightmare, nor is it something that comes easily to us. It is an aspiration - and a good one!
The Enlightenment dream is a good one. The idea that people should rationally appreciate their place in nature, assess threats and possibilities, and regulate their behavior in response is inspiring.
Through meditative techniques, one can free the mind of delusions and attain what we call enlightenment.
Atheist isn't really the right word because they tended to believe in some sort of Enlightenment, capital 'N' Nature kind of god. But these were people who in their times were criticized as infidels.
Power is the big obstacle, or one of them, that you have to overcome and learn to deal with effectively before you can reach enlightenment.
The secret to enlightenment is kindness and selfless giving. Without that, it's just words, isn't it?
To become completely aware is the journey of enlightenment. There is pain in it and suffering. But you already have those things so it doesn't really matter.
The pathway to enlightenment is joyful. It may sound harsh. I suggest just the opposite. It is rather easy compared to the possibilities of staying in pain and illusion.
I think enlightenment is something that you decide to do after you have met someone who is enlightened. Something touches your heart, your being at a very deep level.
You're an emanation of enlightenment. Enlightenment, which is the universe, has created the hallucination that is you in a form that shifts.
I personally have fun with enlightenment, the study and the teaching of it. I get a kick out of doing it different ways because I don't think there is a "way".
I teach meditation and the pathway to enlightenment because I know that there are other people who, like i did a long time ago and continue to, want to climb that mountain to the highest light.
I personally, only work with people in my business who show excellence. I have a business, the business of enlightenment.
With the use of psychedelics, it was all based around the Tibetan Book of the Dead, using them to experience enlightenment.
To be enlightened means that you really don't change, and yet you're nothing but change.
The state of ambiguity - that messy, greasy, mixed-up, confused, and awful situation you're living through right now - is enlightenment itself.
Ashrams often become places where there is a hierarchy and a pecking order and not much enlightenment. That is what some people are drawn to. But that has nothing to do with enlightenment.
It is possible to renounce everything and attain enlightenment. But most people don't want to renounce; they wish to run away from responsibility and hard work.
Yoga practice seems to be used to access some deeper dimension or some enlightened state. Understand right now there is no connection between flexibility and enlightenment.
Every moment gives birth to the next moment and influences it. Getting out of that chain of perpetual being is getting off the wheel of birth and death. That is enlightenment.
All souls do not reach enlightenment. Some souls reach a certain point and stay there. Some souls actually decline and go into different cycles.
Care, but don't be pushy! Don't preach about enlightenment to people who don't really want to hear about it.