2,968 Quotes About Enlightenment

What is life to Spirit, is death to the ego.

Consciousness says 'I am,' but it is the self that says 'I am this or that.

The enlightened mind is like a bird in flight that leaves no trace of its path. People will say, “A bird just flew by.” In their mind, there is a trace of the bird’s path. This is attachment. For the enlightened practitioner, that moment is already gone—the bird has left no trace of its flight. Like the bird, from moment to moment the enlightened practitioner’s actions do not leave any trace.

The enlightened sages speak of surrender to the guru. This is not to be taken literally as surrender to some personage embodied in a teacher. Instead it means to surrender the belief that you are an individual so that you may embrace what you are as consciousness

A wave on top of the ocean is still the ocean; it is still made of the same substance. Although it seems to be differentiated, it is still the ocean. It cannot move or change course from the entirety of the ocean, nor can it reorder the ocean so that it can do something that the rest of the water is not doing.

It's the kindness of the people that makes a place holy, not the churches and temples.

Remember who you are at the deepest level of your Soul, as you embrace the Light and Love of God within you.

Maintaining a constant willingness to learn, leads to inner-peace and enlightenment.

A person whom refuses to grow will never attain bliss.