For I did not know that the soul needs to be enlightened by light from outside itself, so that it can participate… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
When someone says to me "I want to be enlightened." I immediately take a vacation because I know that the person isn't… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“But as Ram Dass once said, you know, if you think you’re enlightened, go spend a weekend with your parents.” — Jean Stein Copy Share Image
When you find a teacher, you devote your time and energy to what they believe in. You surrender not them but to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
We are most often in the dark when we are the most certain, and the most enlightened when we are the most… — M. Scott Peck Copy Share Image
When you are enlightened and have united your mind with the deepest and most ancient part of the mind of the universe,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
One can become something other than human. One can become limitless, enlightened, aware, awakened, knowledgeable and powerful in ways that human beings… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
While people who are enlightened are worthy of respect, to put them on a pedestal is a mistake. To undervalue them is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I can go shopping and pick up some Bounty Towels, the three pack, I can go home and open those up and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Most teachers of self-discovery have two types of students. They have students they deal with in a more exoteric way than the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
He mulled that over. "Sheriff Connally woulda let us shoot 'em." I reached over and took his coffee away from him. "Yep.… — Craig Johnson Copy Share Image
PANTALOONS, n. A nether habiliment of the adult civilized male. The garment is tubular and unprovided with hinges at the points of… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
We owed so much to Herbert's ever cheerful industry and readiness, that I often wondered how I had conceived that old idea… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
How deep a wound to morals and social purity has that accursed article of the celibacy of the clergy been! Even the… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
“Everyone knows how to subtract the gross form of ‘my’ (tangible ‘my’). But how can he know how to subtract the subtle,… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Jesus represents a point of common ground an esteemed rabbi to the Jew, a god to the Hindu, an enlightened one to… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
So there's only transcendence in the moment. Nobody can be transcended forever. That's why I say, "Who cares if you're enlightened forever?" — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
Enlightened teachers are not logical. They don't function from levels that are understandable to the human mind. They're not religious. Religions form… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I encourage you to make money and to become enlightened. The two are not necessarily different. Have fun with whatever you do… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
An enlightened entertainer, via story, casts her line into the souls of others, hooks their heart, and pulls their greater potential to… — Derek Rydall Copy Share Image
A teacher is there to laugh at you because you have such a high opinion of yourself that you need to be… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
A real liberated teacher never asks for a commitment from a student. That's absurd, a person wants to be there and they… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Enlightened teachers and people who help them, have a lot of trouble. People try to interfere with the work and spread awful… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Vitarags [the enlightened one] do not have a desire for giving or receiving charity. They are in the state of ‘shuddh upyog’… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
I hope you will attain enlightenment. I am here to tell you that you already have! But you don't know... The difference… — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
We have seen the mere distinction of color made in the most enlightened period of time, a ground of the most oppressive… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The planet earth is a sub-world, way below what's average, because if an enlightened being walked through New York City today, no… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
No enlightened person would deny its premise, but as an ongoing program it is monotonous, limited, locked in a perception of victimization. — Robert Brustein Copy Share Image
“Let it shine, the light in you. Oh, and that's delighting me! Various colors shining through. Elated, it fills my soul with… — Ana Claudia Antunes Copy Share Image
Nothing that results in human progress is achieved with unanimous consent. Those that are enlightened before the others are condemned to pursue… — Christopher Columbus Copy Share Image
Use power carefully. Don't be afraid to have it. Learn balance and wisdom in addition to the unlocking of the kundalini, if… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The enlightened attention rejects nothing nor welcomes anything-like a mirror it responds equally to all. — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
It is not special to be enlightened, just different. An enlightened person is someone who has dedicated not just this lifetime but… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I can't think logically about who I am or where I am going. I have been very ecstatic, horribly depressed, shocked, elated,… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
“The enlightened person therefore tells the truth, speaks with warm gentleness when they do speak, and refrains from speaking when they have… — David Tuffley Copy Share Image
“One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious. The latter procedure, however, is disagreeable… — C.G. Jung Copy Share Image
An esoteric or enlightened teacher of Buddhism is someone who has the ability to transfer power to another individual. A real empowerment… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I had a great teacher in India who said to me, 'If you think you're spiritual and evolved and enlightened, go home… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
One has to understand that we have to become a higher personality which is the spirit, which is the truth, which is… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
No matter how developed you are in any other area of your life, no matter what you say you believe, no matter… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
![“Everyone knows how to subtract the gross form of ‘my’ (tangible ‘my’). But how can he know how to subtract the subtle, subtler and the subtlest forms of ‘my’? That is the work of the ‘Gnani Purush’ [the enlightened one].” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/89c/dada-bhagwan-31_enlightened_everyone-knows-how-to-subtract-the-gross_2863914.jpg)
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