“Jealousy, and attempting to match others in life and stride, is self-abandonment.” — Grace Sara Copy Share Image
“The true definition of mental illness is when the majority of your time is spent in the past or future, but rarely… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
I had been taught that the separation between religion and politics happened in the Enlightenment. But there were people who tried to… — Elaine Pagels Copy Share Image
“Jessica. For god's sake," he said. "Allow me to do at least one common courtesy for you. In spite ow what 'women's… — Beth Fantaskey Copy Share Image
The great intellectual tradition that comes down to us from the past was never interrupted or lost through such trifles as the… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Review your description of the world, what it is to be a woman, and see how inadequate it is. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The sole work and deed of universal freedom is therefore death, a death too which has no inner significance or filling, for… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Copy Share Image
“Being more self-aware means welcoming more light into a dull life. When we throw light upon our self-perceptions, we immediately realise that… — Raphael Zernoff Copy Share Image
People can hate on you for doing what it is that makes you happy, but ultimately, it has to belong to you.… — Jamie Campbell Bower Copy Share Image
“Human consciousness is a law of nature. Humankind’s inherent intelligence is an indivisible component inalterably linked to the whole beatitude of the… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is man’s leaving his self-caused immaturity. Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another. Such immaturity… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Tantric Zen is the awareness of the infinitude of all things. To gain that awareness, to be it, is enlightenment. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Anything but enlightenment is pure pain; it is the lack of enlightenment. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“In your light, I see my shadows. So please, know that if I go away, it won't be your fault. It would… — Ramesh Sood Copy Share Image
Many spiritual teachers - in Buddhism, in Islam - have talked about first-hand experience of the world as an important part of… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
You see, that's the fun of Buddhism. We do have a wild card in the deck that can't be explained, that changes… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Enlightenment for a wave is the moment the wave realizes it is water. At that moment, all fear of death disappears. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“The relative (vyavahaar) is taught by one's mother and the Real (Nischay; the Self) is given by Gnani. Thereafter, nothing else remains… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“A famous aphorism tells us, „The Sufi is the child of the moment“ (as-sufi ibn al-waqt). One of its meanings is that… — William C. Chittick Copy Share Image
“Answer the Call to Shine Your Light Right now there may be just few individuals who balance duality in unconditional love, but… — Raphael Zernoff Copy Share Image
You have to become that infinite formless creation, which is life, to know it. It cannot be known in an intellectual sense.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Satori - in the awakening from a dream. Awakening and self-realization and seeing into one's own being - these are synonymous. — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
The miracle of enlightenment is that you take the self and let it dissolve in the white light of eternity. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Only he whose bright lyre has sounded in shadows may, looking onward, restore his infinite praise. Only he who has eaten poppies… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
