Separateness Quotes

69 quotes by 50 authors

As a holistic being you shatter the illusion of your separateness and reveal your connection to everything. This empowers you in a way that the… — Wayne Dyer
You obtain God only when you get rid of the notion of separateness from God. — Gurumayi Chidvilasananda
The spirit of rejection finds its support in the consciousness of separateness; the spirit of acceptance finds its base in the consciousness of unity. — Rabindranath Tagore
Contemplative living is living in true relationship with oneself, God, others and nature, free of the illusions of separateness. — Thomas Merton
What it felt to me was like the dissolution of my idea of myself. I felt like separateness evaporated. I felt this tremendous sense of… — Russell Brand
The greatest tragedy of human existence is the illusion of separateness. — Albert Einstein
Intimacy requires an ability to both merge and be separate, to come together and be apart, like oscillating on a giant swing from oneness to… — Charlotte Sophia Kasl
The intellect is a beautiful servant but a terrible master. Intellect is the power tool of our separateness. The intuitive, compassionate heart is the doorway… — Ram Dass
Either melt by devotion the sense of separateness, or burn it by knowledge-for what is it that melts or burns? Only that which by its… — Anandamayi Ma
I open myself genuinely to all people by being willing to fully communicate my deepest feelings, since hiding in any degree keep me stuck in… — Ken Keyes Jr.
We are part of the whole which we call the universe, but it is an optical delusion of our mind that we think we are… — Albert Einstein
The root of compassion is not empathy; that is kindness. Kindness is great, but it is not the ultimate compassion. Ultimate compassion relieves the suffering… — Ram Dass
The experience of separateness arouses anxiety; it is, indeed, the source of all anxiety. — Erich Fromm
This whole electric universe is a complex maze of similar tensions. Every particle of matter in the universe is separated from its condition of oneness,… — Walter Russell
The ego promotes turmoil because it wants to substantiate your separateness from everyone, including God. It will push you in the direction of judgment and… — Wayne Dyer
Erotic love begins with separateness, and ends in oneness. Motherly love begins with oneness, and leads to separateness. — Erich Fromm
A mystic sees beyond the illusion of separateness into the intricate web of life in which all things are expressions of a single Whole. You… — Joan Z. Borysenko
The sense of community does not arise out of collective movement, nor from conforming to some group direction. Quite the contrary. Each individual tends to… — Carl Rogers
As from a star I saw, coldly and soberly, the separateness of everything. I felt the wall of my skin; I am I. That stone… — Sylvia Plath
Personality is a manifestation of ego. Ego is the central sense of separateness that a person has from the rest of the universe. Personality is… — Frederick Lenz

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