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Enlightenment Quotes


"The sun is intelligent because it never rises too early, and wise because it never sets too late."



"Light was the first thing that came into existence, first in the order of creation."



"When you live in light, you live under God's rulership."


"Elevate your mind and you elevate your world."


"You're not to achieve anything, on the contrary you are to drop whatever you have accumulated over ages and its difficult mind you, not that its part of you, but YOU have owned this mental clutter unconsciously. The moment you unburden yourself, for the first time YOU ARE!, never before."



"We need enlightenment, not just individually but collectively, to save the planet. We need to awaken ourselves. We need to practice mindfulness if we want to have a future, if we want to save ourselves and the planet."



"To awaken within the dream is our purpose now. When we are awake within the dream, the ego-created earth-drama comes to an end and a more benign and wondrous dream arises. This is the new earth."



"The Gnanis [The enlightened ones] have said that if one lives as if he is dead, death will never come to him."



"When the outside intent (other than the intent of Pure Soul, Parbhaav) stops, he attains enlightened bliss of the Self (samadhi)."


"The world needs teachers " teachers who have broken their own shackles of indoctrination " teachers who can go beyond the narrow-mindedness of the society. A handful of these young, brave and zealous teachers in every nation, shall be enough to rekindle the spark of pure knowledge in the entire species."


"God created sages because He wanted to leave the light on in the universe."



"As long as you are ready to pay this price for living in the light (knowledge) the darkness (ignorance) becomes a servant to you."



"An enlightened man had but one duty - to seek the way to himself, to reach inner certainty, to grope his way forward, no matter where it led."



"Enlightenment is making friendship with the whole existence."



"Enlightenment is the transformation that brings out the highest human qualities. It is the process that removes the clouds of negativity and brings the colors of peace, compassion and kindness."



"When the sun of consciousness first shone upon me, behold a miracle! The stock of my young life which had perished, steeped in the waters of knowledge grew again, budded again, was sweet again with the blossoms of childhood. Down in the depths of my being, I cried, 'it is good to be alive!' I held out two trembling hands to life, and in vain silence would impose dumbness upon me henceforth! The world to which I awoke was still mysterious; but there was hope and love and God in it, and nothing else mattered. Is it not possible that our entrance into heaven may be like this experience of mine?"



"He who is fortunately enlightened [the Sufi]Knows that sophistry is from the devil and love from Adam."



"Principles can actually grow and overwhelm the things you are afraid of."



"Gnani (The Enlightened one) means without Ego."


"If you look to money for happiness, you will be disappointed; to power, you will be disillusioned; to honor, you will be dissatisfied; to others, you will be disenchanted; but if you look to God, you will be fulfilled."



"Life comes from light: if we are under God's shining light, life will be generated and the divine life will grow in us."



"Why is it that 'we' (the Gnani Purush, the enlightened one) do not have any obstruction (antray)? It is because 'we' are in a desire-free state (Nirichchhak dasha)."



"The mountain of ignorance must be pulled down."



"If you experience bliss of the Self (samadhi) amidst complete problematic stage, then know that you have met a "Gnani Purush [the enlightened one]!"



"Where are you looking for samadhi (enlightened blissful state)? You just come into your own original Self-form of the Soul, final liberation and samadhi are the natural qualities of the Soul!"



"There are several grave consequences that come with lack of knowledge, the paramount is destruction."



"Ignorance is darkness."


"The mind is the ultimate hallway to the world, the soul is the ultimate stairway to the universe."


"Stars shine so they can see the world, not so the world can see them."


"To be blind momentarily when light hits your eyes is better than to be blind permanently when darkness hits your soul."


"Your spiritual goals can be as numerous as there are stars in the sky. And so can be your religions. But in all your vivid and diverse paths of practicing religion and spirituality, there is one very common and simple element that knows no bounds. That element is the eternal bliss that enables you to attain unimaginable feats of excellence. It is not tied to any scripture of yours, yet it is in every scripture of yours."



"Vitarag's [the enlightened one's] 'water' (knowledge) will remove any kind of (karmic) 'stains'."


"Any self-realized being has access to the dynamic genius which nature gives all beings."



"This [worldly life] is a huge entanglement; every sub-atomic particle of it is an entanglement and it is impossible to break free from it. Which is why the Lord has said, 'If you encounter a Gnani Purush [the enlightened one], remain with Him'."



"If God the Father and God the Son use light, knowledge, insight, understanding and wisdom to function on the earth, it means that is the greatest power in existence."


"Enlightenment is the key to empowerment."



"To be unattached in every phase of one's life is indeed full enlightened bliss of the Self (Purna samadhi)!"



"If we really want to represent God in our day and time, we must embrace knowledge."



"Everyone has excess awareness in one or two things. In everything else, he does have awareness indeed. If one has equal awareness in everything, he will indeed become a Gnani [the enlightened one]."



"When you get wisdom, failure and discouragement will get behind you."



"As long as you are ready to pay this price for living in the light (knowledge), the darkness (ignorance) becomes a servant to you."



"Knowledge does not come to us by details, but in flashes of light from heaven."



"From our primary schools to secondary schools, to tertiary institutions, there must be a mass campaign to educate our people in the value of labour."


"Once the lotus of your inner divinity gets full-blown and you reach the mental state where all the religious giants of human history experienced the all-encompassing sense of godliness, the exuberance of the human mind turns infinite. Awakening into that state makes all the perceptual limitations of the mind disappear, just like a bucket of muddy water turns crystal-clear once poured into the ocean."


"Your mind shines brightest when you enlighten others; your heart, when you encourage others; your soul, when you elevate others; and your life, when you empower others."



"The Knower of the Soul is considered Self Realized (The Enlightened one). The knower of all the eternal elements is known as Omniscient (sarvagna)."


"We cannot achieve personal enlightenment " a clarification of our souls " until we cease deluding ourselves. We must accept that life includes witnessing and personally experiencing pain."



"We have come to love darkness in the church rather than finding God in creation."



"We have to confront ignorance in our nation."



"Perhaps my greatest wisdom is the knowledge that I do not know."
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