Spiritual Quotes – Page 17

One of the fundamental delusions that most people have is the delusion that this “I” exists as an independent entity, as something separate from the whole of life.

The ego is not who we are, it is who we think we are. When we think of our name, our image, our history, and our life experiences as who we are, we become associated with an idea of ourselves, a mental image that is not at all who we are in reality.

Language is an attempt to define life in linear words and symbols, but in reality, everything everywhere is happening all together at once, and to explain the totality of this with language is impossible. Thus, to awaken to the truth of reality, the truth of who we are, we must go beyond our language and intellectual way of understanding life.

It isn’t until we begin to observe our minds that we notice just how prevalent thoughts are in our experience.

If we stop completely, not just outwardly, but inwardly, we will see that there is no truth to our self-image; it is completely mind-made.

Everything that makes up your organism comes from the environment in which you live.

Opposite of love is attachment, not hate. Hate is an explicit form of attachment. Love takes you towards freedom, attachment binds you more and more.

The way that we experience reality is determined by how our mind perceives reality.

To awaken to the truth of our being we have to be willing to look at the illusions that veil us from this truth, and we must be willing to surrender these illusions so we can perceive reality clearly as it is in the present moment.

If materialistic world is noise, spirituality or religion is music. Most people just keep shuttling between noise and music. To discover the eternal silence, you have to realize that the music is just refined noise.

It is our perception—of ourselves and of reality—that determines our experience.

Ultimately, it is not the circumstances in life that affect us, but how we choose to perceive those circumstances.

Like the past, the future is merely an idea; a mere thought.

Unaccepted, the universe has no meaning; it is senseless fate and chaos, but acceptance is a way of discovering meaning, not of manufacturing it.

The problem with the idea of cause and effect is that what is deemed the cause is an effect.

To light one candle in the cottage of a poor villager is a thousand times holier than lighting a thousand candles in the church.

For while scientist and logician dissect and analyze, the mystic looks for meaning in the whole.

Category: Spiritual Quotes

Destroying your mirrors leaves your facial blemishes intact.

Everything that makes up your organism comes from the environment in which you live.

The worst prison in the world is a home without peace.

One of the fundamental delusions that most people have is the delusion that this “I” exists as an independent entity, as something separate from the whole of life.

The ego is not who we are, it is who we think we are. When we think of our name, our image, our history, and our life experiences as who we are, we become associated with an idea of ourselves, a mental image that is not at all who we are in reality.

It isn’t until we begin to observe our minds that we notice just how prevalent thoughts are in our experience.

If we stop completely, not just outwardly, but inwardly, we will see that there is no truth to our self-image; it is completely mind-made.

Everything that makes up your organism comes from the environment in which you live.

Opposite of love is attachment, not hate. Hate is an explicit form of attachment. Love takes you towards freedom, attachment binds you more and more.

The way that we experience reality is determined by how our mind perceives reality.

To awaken to the truth of our being we have to be willing to look at the illusions that veil us from this truth, and we must be willing to surrender these illusions so we can perceive reality clearly as it is in the present moment.

If materialistic world is noise, spirituality or religion is music. Most people just keep shuttling between noise and music. To discover the eternal silence, you have to realize that the music is just refined noise.

It is our perception—of ourselves and of reality—that determines our experience.

Ultimately, it is not the circumstances in life that affect us, but how we choose to perceive those circumstances.

Like the past, the future is merely an idea; a mere thought.

Unaccepted, the universe has no meaning; it is senseless fate and chaos, but acceptance is a way of discovering meaning, not of manufacturing it.

The problem with the idea of cause and effect is that what is deemed the cause is an effect.

To light one candle in the cottage of a poor villager is a thousand times holier than lighting a thousand candles in the church.

For while scientist and logician dissect and analyze, the mystic looks for meaning in the whole.