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“Even when we get what we addictively want, our wanting to keep things that way automatically creates a new addiction.”

Quote by Ken Keyes Jr.

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Ken Keyes Jr. was an American author, born on January 19, 1921, and passed away on December 20, 1995. He is known for his profound philosophical thinking and critical social commentary, often exploring the relationship between individuals and society, as well as the meaning of human existence. more

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“Expand your love, your consciousness, and your loving compassion by experiencing everything that everyone does or says as though you had done or said it.”

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“Finally you come to a point where you almost know it all. You are very wise. You are very pure... except for the fact that you may well have gotten caught in the last trap... the desire to know it all and still be you, "the knower." This is an impossibility. For all of the finite knowledge does not add up to the infinite. In order to take the final step, the knower must go. That is, you can only BE it all, but you can't know it all. The goal is non-dualistic - as long as there is a "knower" and "known" you are in dualism.”

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“Forget all you know or think you know; Abandon power and enforced decree. Inward, where the deepest rivers flow, Find the currents of eternity.”

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Book:The Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment

Source: The Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment

“How soon will you realize that the only thing you don't have is the direct experience that there's nothing you need that you don't have?”

Needs Spiritual Realizing Direct

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“I am a lazy man. Laziness keeps me from believing that enlightenment demands effort, discipline, strict diet, non-smoking, and other evidences of virtue. There is a paradise in and around you right now, and to be there you don't even have to make a move. There is nothing you need to do first in order to be enlightened. All potential experiences are within you already. You can open up to them at any time.”

Source: The Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment

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