124 Quotes About Spiritual-awakening

The most amazing and strange thing about awakening to the truth of oneness is that there is no such thing as oneness as an isolated phenomenon.

The ego is the seeker but does not want the Truth.

Want Truth more than you want to awaken and the awakening takes care of itself.

Infinity is my spiritual horizon.

The Buddha left Bodh Gaya to teach others. Jesus came out of the Judaean desert to preach. Spiritual awakening is meaningless if it does not culminate in finding your voice and speaking up for what is right.

Escape is the avoidance of feelings through diversion. This avoidance is the backbone of the entertainment and liquor industries, and also the route of the workaholic. Escapism and avoidance of inner awareness is a socially condoned mechanism. We can avoid our own inner selves and keep our feelings from emerging by an endless variety of pursuits, many of which eventually become addictions as our dependency upon them grows. People are desperate to stay unconscious.

The ability to not believe in G-d is G-d’s greatest gift to us, for without it we could not return to Him (or Her).

9.Should bodhichitta come to birthIn those who suffer, chained in prisons of samsāra,In that instant they are called the children of the Blissful One,Revered by all the world, by gods and humankind.

Remember always that the goal of awakening, of self-awareness, of living in higher consciousness is always about the very same thing that Christ brought into the world which is unconditional, agape love. (p. 92)