--- title: "1 Self Annihilation Quotes By James Finley" description: "1 Self Annihilation quotes by James Finley. Plus more from James Finley and more Self Annihilation sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c74/james-finley-33778_love_this-disappearance-this-annihilation-is_2820732.png" --- > [“This disappearance, this annihilation is all a matter of appearances as seen through the eyes of the false self. The annihilation is only apparent, for the self being annihilated is itself only apparent. It is a self without God, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-finley/this-disappearance-this-annihilation-is-all-a-matter-of-appearances/) [James Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-finley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c74/james-finley-33778_love_this-disappearance-this-annihilation-is_2820732.png) ## More by James Finley > [“We give God a name. We then equate God with the name we have given him, and in doing so we make ourselves, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-finley/we-give-god-a-name-we-then-equate-god-with-the-name-we-have-given-him/) [James Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-finley/) > [“It is little wonder then that the term "religious" is often a pejorative one indicating an escapist, self-righteous, other-worldly or perhaps superstitious stance toward…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-finley/it-is-little-wonder-then-that-the-term-religious-is-often-a/) [James Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-finley/) > [“How strange God's ways are! He calls us to a union we do not understand. He calls us to a place of encounter which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-finley/how-strange-god-s-ways-are-he-calls-us-to-a-union-we-do-not/) [James Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-finley/) > [“Compassion forms the essential bond between seeking God in meditation and all forms of social justice. For the more we are transformed in compassion,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-finley/compassion-forms-the-essential-bond-between-seeking-god-in-meditation/) [James Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-finley/) > [“Compassion is the love that recognizes and goes forth to identify with the preciousness of all that is lost and broken within ourselves and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-finley/compassion-is-the-love-that-recognizes-and-goes-forth-to-identify/) [James Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-finley/) > [The depths of the self are the heights of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-finley/the-depths-of-the-self-are-the-heights-of-god/) [James Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-finley/) > [“We can say that, for Merton, religion refers to our deepest reality which lies hidden in our innate propensity for union with God. Our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-finley/we-can-say-that-for-merton-religion-refers-to-our-deepest-reality/) [James Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-finley/) > [As you expand your meditation practice, in concert with your faith, you will find that these divine moments come more often, until you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-finley/as-you-expand-your-meditation-practice-in-concert-with-your-faith-you/) [James Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-finley/) > [“All that we can do with any spiritual discipline is produce within ourselves something of the silence, the humility, the detachment, the purity of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-finley/all-that-we-can-do-with-any-spiritual-discipline-is-produce-within/) [James Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-finley/) > [If we are absolutely grounded in the absolute love of God that protects us from nothing even as it sustains us in all things,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-finley/if-we-are-absolutely-grounded-in-the-absolute-love-of-god-that/) [James Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-finley/) > [“Spiritual reading, discursive meditation, and prayer prepare our hearts for contemplation. Contemplation is a state of realized oneness with God. When engaged in contemplation,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-finley/spiritual-reading-discursive-meditation-and-prayer-prepare-our-hearts/) [James Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-finley/) > [“This disappearance, this annihilation is all a matter of appearances as seen through the eyes of the false self. The annihilation is only apparent,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-finley/this-disappearance-this-annihilation-is-all-a-matter-of-appearances/) [James Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-finley/) > [“In our zeal to become the landlords of our own being, we cling to each achievement as a kind of verification of our self-proclaimed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-finley/in-our-zeal-to-become-the-landlords-of-our-own-being-we-cling-to-each/) [James Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-finley/) > [Meditation is a way of slowing down so as to descend into the depths of yourself in the present moment, where God lies waiting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-finley/meditation-is-a-way-of-slowing-down-so-as-to-descend-into-the-depths/) [James Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-finley/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/self-annihilation/james-finley/#itemlist", "name": "1 Self Annihilation Quotes By James Finley", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“This disappearance, this annihilation is all a matter of appearances as seen through the eyes of the false self. 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