"Let the waves of universe rise and fall as they will. You have nothing to gain or lose. You are the ocean."
- Ashtavakra Gitaspiritual , Ashtavakra Gita , be-the-witness , detachment , enlightenment , neti-neti , ocean , universe
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"Enlightenment is simply returning to our natural state of being."
- Adyashantispiritual , Adyashanti , being , enlightenment , natural , self-realization , who-you-are
"In the myriad forms of the universe see the primal element alone. You will be instantly free, and abide in Self."
- Ashtavakra Gitaspiritual , Ashtavakra Gita , enlightenment , liberation , non-duality , non-physical , self , self-realization , source-energy , universe
"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
"When you sit in the silence it will come to you. A being whose mind has become motionless, whose mind has become calm, relaxed, peaceful, begins to reflect their own divinity."
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , being , calmness , divine , emptiness , empty-mind , enlightenment , inner-being , meditation , peace , self-realization , silence , who-am-i , who-you-are
"If we lift our minds away from the condition and we keep our minds on the absolute reality, we will not suffer no matter what the body is going through."
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , alignment , body , conditions , detachment , enlightenment , god , mind , non-duality , suffering
"Enlightenment is the natural state of consciousness, the innocent state of consciousness, that state which is uncontaminated by the movement of thought, uncontaminated by control or manipulation of mind."
- Adyashantispiritual , Adyashanti , consciousness , empty-mind , enlightenment , innocence , natural , no-thoughts , non-duality
"Realisation is nothing new to be acquired. It is already there, but obstructed by a screen of thoughts. All our attempts are directed to lifting this screen and then realisation is revealed."
- Ramana Maharshispiritual , Ramana Maharshi , advaita-vedanta , clarity , empty-mind , enlightenment , neti-neti , self-realization , thought
"Enlightenment is understanding that there is nowhere to go, nothing to do, and nobody you have to be except exactly who you are being right now."
- Neale Donald Walschspiritual , Neale Donald Walsch , all-is-well , being , enlightenment , just-be , letting-go , serenity
"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
"Keep your head in heaven and your feet on the ground"
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , detachment , empty-mind , enlightenment , heaven , mind
"Everything that you want, you already are."
- Rumilaw-of-attraction , spiritual , Rumi , bliss , desires , enlightenment , satisfaction , serenity , who-you-are
"When the mind is quiet, You shine in all your glory."
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , empty-mind , enlightenment , inner-being , quietness , silence , who-you-are
"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
"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
"When the mind is kept away from its preoccupations, it becomes quiet. If you do not disturb this quiet and stay in it, you find that it is permeated with a light and a love you have never known; and yet you recognize it at once as your own nature."
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , empty-mind , enlightenment , inner-being , light , meditation , quietness , self-realization , source-energy , stillness , who-you-are
"The only way you will ever awaken is through silence."
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , advaita-vedanta , awakening , enlightenment , meditation , non-duality , self-realization , silence , stillness
"Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes."
- Carl Jungspiritual , Carl Jung , awakening , awareness , clarity , enlightenment , heart , inner , introspection , meditation , self , self-realization , soul , vision , within-yourself
"This moment is not life waiting to happen, goals waiting to be achieved, words waiting to be spoken, connections waiting to be made, regrets waiting to evaporate, aliveness waiting to be felt, enlightenment waiting to be gained. No. Nothing is waiting. This is it. This moment is life."
- Jeff Fosterspiritual , Jeff Foster , alive , awareness , celebration , enlightenment , life , live , moments , now , present
"You are not here to bring light into the world. You are here to BE LIGHT."
- Abraham Hickslaw-of-attraction , Abraham Hicks , change , energy , enlightenment , freedom , help , light , perspective , self-realization , world
"According to Vedanta, there are only two symptoms of enlightenment, just two indications that a transformation is taking place within you toward a higher consciousness. The first symptom is that you stop worrying. Things don't bother you anymore. You become light-hearted and full of joy. The second symptom is that you encounter more and more meaningful coincidences in your life, more and more synchronicities. And this accelerates to the point where you actually experience the miraculous."
- Deepak Chopralaw-of-attraction , spiritual , Deepak Chopra , advaita-vedanta , awakened , consciousness , enlightenment , happiness , joy , miracle , synchronicity
"Know from the rivers in clefts and in crevices: those in small channels flow noisily, the great flow silent. Whatever’s not full makes noise. Whatever is full is quiet."
- Buddhaspiritual , Buddha , awakened , enlightenment , nature , silence