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Liberation Quotes
"Bowing down in prayer to a body results in worldly life and bowing down in prayer to Soul results in attaining moksha (final liberation)."
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"When one decides that I want to get rid of the mistakes which are in me, he can become the Absolute Supreme Soul (Parmatma)."
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"We don't have the luxury to say that, there is no hope for reform in Islam, because by saying this, we would be disavowing the entire peace-loving Muslim population of the world. We cannot leave our Muslim sisters and brothers behind to be oppressed by their own priestly tyrants, while the rest of the world keeps progressing with an open mind. The entire civilized society of the world, must put their heart and soul to get Islam liberated from the shackles of fundamentalism. Conscience must triumph over orthodox barbarianism, otherwise there would be no hope for the progress and wellbeing of humanity as a truly wise species."
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"If a person is not free, his right is restricted."
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"One's liberation begins once he does the darshan of kashaya-free (absence of inner anger, pride, deceit and greed) Gnani purush [the enlightened one]. Who is considered kashaya-free? The one whose state is that where there was no kashaya, there is no kashaya, and there never will be any. The one who is never in the state of the non-Self. Doing darshan of such a One brings ultimate well being."
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"Grace of the Gnani' [the enlightened one] will take you to moksha [ultimate liberation] and 'Grace of God' will give you worldly happiness. God will not take you to moksha, because God cannot be realized without a 'Gnani' [the enlightened one], can he? He remains hidden."
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"Quitting a job can be like an exorcism where you cast out a demon. The demon is the foreign spirit who occupies you through your occupation."
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"A bird cannot love freely when caged."
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"We have to bring in captivity every high thing in people's mind."
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"Someday every woman will have orgasms- like every family has color TV- and we can all get on with the business of life."
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"I have extremely little courage myself, much less than you; but I have found that whenever, after a long struggle, I have screwed my courage up to do something I always felt much freer & happy after it."
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"If one's mind becomes conflict-free, that is 'moksha'; conflict filled mind, that is worldly life."
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"Vitragta [a state of freedom from all worldly attachments] is the only way to 'swim' across lifetimes."
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"Allow yourself to be freed from the constraints of what the mind knows, believes & thinks."
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"Why had I wasted all my time pretending to be someone I wasn't? I was tired, so very, very tired of standing on my own brakes. I felt...right. I felt free."
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"He thinks he'll be remembered as the villain in the storyShe snorted."But I forgot to tell him, I said too quietly, opening the door, "that the villain is usually the person who locks up the maiden and throws away the key."Oh?I shrugged, "He was the one who let me out."
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"Fighting for one's freedom, struggling towards being free, is like struggling to be a poet or a good Christian or a good Jew or a good Muslim or good Zen Buddhist. You work all day long and achieve some kind of level of success by nightfall, go to sleep and wake up the next morning with the job still to be done. So you start all over again."
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"No bird in a cage has ever come to know what the mountain winds feel like, by staring at the free flying birds, wishing that they would fall from the sky!"
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"The realm of liberation is absolutely incommensurable with the relativities of higher and lower, better and worse, gain and loss, since these are all disadvantages of the ego."
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"Do we all repeat the same words in our heads in the days after experiencing abuse at the hands of those who love us? "From this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and health, until death do us part."Maybe those vows weren't meant to be taken as literally as some spouses take them. For better, for worse?Fuck. That. Shit."
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"Scientific understanding of nature, doesn't make a person religious or atheist. It makes a person liberated of all labels. Moreover it makes a person kind and understanding."
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"Education means breaking free from the manacles of limitations put forward by primitive ignorance."
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"The one who knowingly gets cheated is entitled to liberation!"
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"If one discloses everything in speech he 'designs' in his mind, he will attain Moksha [liberation] sooner. The mind is so restless that it will create whatever design it wants and ruin countless [future] lives."
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"Don't ruin your life over somebody else's foolishness. If they want to leave, let them leave! Manipulating, begging, or coercing someone to stay with you is an insult to SELF. Have confidence in yourself! Know your worth! Take a stand for YOU. You deserve to be loved, respected, and appreciated by someone who's genuinely in love with you. It may hurt to let go, but trying to force someone to stay with you is more damaging than you realize. It's VERY unhealthy. Set Yourself Free! Be a Priority to Yourself!"
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"There comes a time in our life when we make ourselves a prisoner, we have to do everything possible to break ourselves free."
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"When a person understands the problem that vexes them, and comprehends the choices that created them, they begin a journey of the mind seeking personal liberation from suffering."
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"The dawn of light is the liberation of souls."
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"Don't let the inconsequential fairy tales stand in your way! You do what makes you happy, no matter what."
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"It is the people who cannot stand oppression that qualifies to fight today's modern slavery."
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"You are a creature meant to be free. Almost always, the person hardest to tell the truth to...is you. Once you can be honest with yourself, you'll find the strength and desire to be honest with others. It's the most freeing feeling imaginable. Go find a mirror and face yourself and your darkest truths. You have the light within you to chase away the dark demons that hold you down and push you back into the black corners of your past. You deserve better. You are a child of light and light hidden behind dark clouds, does nothing to brighten the world."
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