"The world is but a show, glittering and empty. It appears exactly as it looks, but there is no depth in it, nor meaning. Only the onlooker is real."
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , awakening , broader-perspective , emptiness , illusion , reality , self
"Find where the ego rises from and it will disappear"
- Papajispiritual , Papaji , awakening , ego , self-inquiry , who-am-i
"Enlightenment means waking up to what you truly are and then being that"
- Adyashantispiritual , Adyashanti , awakening , enlightenment , inner-being , self , who-you-are
"If you see the illusion you are enlightened, but if you think that you are enlightened you are in the illusion"
- Papajispiritual , Papaji , awakening , enlightenment , illusion
"The three states (waking, dream and sleep) owe their existence to non-inquiry and inquiry puts an end to them"
- Ramana Maharshispiritual , Ramana Maharshi , advaita-vedanta , awakening , dream-sleep , illusion , self-inquiry
"The most decisive event in your life is when you discover you are not your thoughts or emotions. Instead, you can be present as the awareness behind the thoughts and emotions."
- Eckhart Tollespiritual , Eckhart Tolle , awakening , awareness , be-the-witness , neti-neti
"You do not have to struggle to reach God, but you do have to struggle to tear away the self-created veil that hides him from you."
- Paramahansa Yoganandaspiritual , Paramahansa Yogananda , awakening , god , illusion , seeking-god , struggle , within-yourself
"When I look beyond the mind, I see the witness. Beyond the witness, there is infinite intensity of emptiness and silence."
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , awakening , be-the-witness , emptiness , infinite , self-inquiry , silence , who-am-i
"When the ego dies, the soul awakes."
- Mahatma Gandhispiritual , Mahatma Gandhi , awakening , ego , self-realization , soul , who-you-are
"Realize that what is seen is not there"
- Ashtavakra Gitaspiritual , Ashtavakra Gita , awakening , illusion , maya , neti-neti , reality
"May we awaken from the dream that we are different."
- Thich Nhat Hanhspiritual , Thich Nhat Hanh , awakening , humanity , illusion , racism , unity , we-are-all-one
"We become so enmeshed in the world. We think things are real. Everything bothers us. We become angry. We become upset. But the truth is you are not maya. You are absolute reality. You are total awareness. You are the Self. Know who you are and wake up. Awaken and be free."
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , awakening , awareness , illusion , liberation , maya , reality , self , self-realization , who-you-are
"Once you free yourself from the idea, 'I am my body' and the consequences of this idea, you will awaken to your natural state of being."
- Jean Kleinspiritual , Jean Klein , awakening , inner-being , liberation , neti-neti , self-inquiry , self-realization , who-you-are
"Ground yourself, strip yourself down to blind loving silence. Stay there until you see you are gazing at the light with its own ageless eyes."
- Rumispiritual , Rumi , awakening , eyes , light , meditation , neti-neti , self-inquiry , self-realization , silence
"A spark of truth can burn up a mountain of lies."
- Nisargadatta Maharajinspiring , spiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , awakening , illusion , truth
"Emptiness is only another word for what you are. You spend your whole life trying to be the best ‘someone’ you can be, but now you are discovering that you are actually no one. This is the most significant and profound discovery a human being can make, and in this discovery is true freedom, true joy, and true peace."
- Moojispiritual , Mooji , awakening , emptiness , empty-mind , freedom , joy , liberation , neti-neti , peace , serenity , who-you-are
"Let go your attachment to the unreal and the real will swiftly and smoothly step into its own."
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , attachment , awakening , detachment , illusion , neti-neti , reality
"Every morning we wake up from our dreams, but to be truly awake, we must also awaken from the waking state."
- Moojispiritual , Mooji , awakening , dream-sleep , illusion
"Leave your body alone. Take just enough care of it. Exercise it a little, feed it right foods, but don't think about it too much. Keep your mind on reality. Merge your mind with reality, and you will experience reality. You will live in a world without problems."
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , all-is-well , awakening , awareness , body , illusion , neti-neti , problems , reality , self-realization , who-you-are
"When the mind is utterly still, that which is sacred, can take place."
- Jiddu Krishnamurtispiritual , Jiddu Krishnamurti , awakening , divine , empty-mind , stillness , tranquility
"You are the Sole Witness of all that is, forever free. Your only bondage is not seeing This."
- Ashtavakra Gitaspiritual , Ashtavakra Gita , advaita-vedanta , awakening , be-the-witness , enlightenment , liberation , self-realization
"Be empty of worrying. Think of who created thought! Why do you stay in prison, when the door is so wide open?"
- Rumispiritual , Rumi , advaita-vedanta , awakening , empty-mind , liberation , no-thoughts , non-duality , self-inquiry , worry
"The 'you' who you think you are does not exist"
- Alan Wattsspiritual , Alan Watts , awakening , ego , illusion , neti-neti , who-am-i , who-you-are
"What is your life about anyway? Nothing but a struggle to be someone. Nothing but a running from your own silence."
- Rumispiritual , Rumi , attachment , awakening , ego , illusion , maya , self-image , silence
"We are right where we are supposed to be, free and happy. But some illusion called the personal self, the I-thought, tells us quite a different story. It shows us all kinds of pictures in our mind, and we fall into deeper delusion. This is called maya, the grand illusion, the cosmic joke."
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , advaita-vedanta , awakening , ego , freedom , happy , illusion , maya , mind
"You are not a drop in the ocean You are the entire ocean in a drop"
- Rumispiritual , Rumi , awakening , awareness , enlightenment , illusion , ocean , reality , self-realization , universe , who-am-i , who-you-are
"The universe is not outside of you. Look inside yourself; everything that you want, you already are."
- Rumispiritual , Rumi , awakening , desires , illusion , reality , self-realization , universe , who-you-are , within-yourself
"If you can only stop your mind from thinking, self-realization will come of itself."
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , advaita-vedanta , awakening , empty-mind , self-realization , stop-thinking
"Those who discover that reality of their inmost Being enjoy a sense of peace, love, and wisdom as its natural perfume. They experience their essential nature as true freedom."
- Moojispiritual , Mooji , awakening , bliss , inner-being , liberation , peace , reality , self-realization , serenity , unconditional , unconditional-love , who-you-are , wisdom , within-yourself
"By getting rid of the mind, everything stops, and beauty, and joy and bliss ensue."
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , awakening , beauty , bliss , ecstasy , empty-mind , euphoria , joy , non-duality , non-physical , reality
"Stop imagining yourself being or doing this or that and the realisation that you are the source and heart of all will dawn upon you. With this will come great love which is not choice or predilection, nor attachment, but a power which makes all things love-worthy and lovable."
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , attachment , awakening , detachment , divine , enlightenment , neti-neti , self-realization , source-energy , unconditional-love , who-you-are
"You are real. Who you think you are is an illusion."
- Deepak Chopraspiritual , Deepak Chopra , awakening , ego , enlightenment , illusion , reality , self-realization , who-am-i , who-you-are
"You'll get to the point where you'll wonder why you were ever worried about anything ever."
- Abraham Hickslaw-of-attraction , spiritual , Abraham Hicks , all-is-well , awakening , bliss , enlightenment , self-realization , serenity , worry
"The single most vital step on your journey toward enlightenment is this: learn to disidentify from your mind."
- Eckhart Tollespiritual , Eckhart Tolle , awakening , detachment , empty-mind , enlightenment , self-inquiry , self-realization
"Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with peace, joy, and serenity. We need only to be awake, alive in the present moment."
- Thich Nhat Hanhlaw-of-attraction , spiritual , Thich Nhat Hanh , alive , awakening , breathe , joy , moments , peace , present , serenity
"Self-realization is not attaining something new or reaching some goal which is far away, but simply being that which you always are and which you always have been. All that is needed is that you give up your realisation of the not-true as true."
- Ramana Maharshispiritual , Ramana Maharshi , advaita-vedanta , awakening , enlightenment , self-realization
"If there's a path at all- it's emptying yourself of what you're not."
- Adyashantispiritual , Adyashanti , awakening , emptiness , empty-mind , enlightenment , path , self-inquiry , self-realization , who-am-i , who-you-are
"It's all an illusion. There is only God. There is only consciousness. Everything else is an appearance. Enjoy the world if you can, but do not allow the world to be your Master. Do not allow the way of the world to make you sad, or angry, or upset you."
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , alignment , awakening , circumstances , consciousness , enjoy , feel-good , god , illusion , reality
"How can you want anything when you are the whole Universe."
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , advaita-vedanta , awakening , awareness , desires , god , seeking-god , self-realization , universe , who-you-are
"You are not your mind."
- Eckhart Tollespiritual , Eckhart Tolle , advaita-vedanta , awakening , detachment , liberation , mind , self-inquiry , self-realization , stillness , thought , who-am-i , who-you-are