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“Two thoughts cannot coexist at the same time: if the clear light of mindfulness is present, there is no room for mental twilight.”

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Nyanaponika Thera

Nyanaponika Thera (July 21, 1901 - October 19, 1994) was a prominent Thai Buddhist scholar and author, known for his extensive research in Buddhist philosophy and history. more

“We have to distinguish between a man as he is in essence, and as he is in ego or personality. In essence, every person is perfect, fearless, and in a loving unity with the entire cosmos; there is no conflict within the person between head, heart, and stomach or between the person and others. Then something happens: the ego begins to develop, karma accumulates, there is a transition from objectivity to subjectivity; man falls from essence into personality.”

Men Heart Persons Happens Fall Perfect Personality Conflict Ego Essence Unity Karma Things Happen Fearless Cosmos Stomach Transition Objectivity Subjectivity

Author:Oscar Ichazo

“I will also tell you a secret. We have to will one another: this is the beginning of conscious love.”

Secret Conscious

Author:Maurice Nicoll

“How then can we change being? By applying the knowledge of the Work through self-observation to ourselves. And remember that you do not change by being told what to do. You only change through seeing what you have to do when you realize what your being is like.”

Self Remember Realizing Seeing Observation Self Observation

Author:Maurice Nicoll

“All our theories of improving the world, while we are still asleep, merely intensify the sleep of humanity.”

World Stills Humanity Sleep Theory Awakening Improving Psychiatrist Spiritual Awakening

Author:Maurice Nicoll

“Humanity is regarded as unfinished, incomplete, imperfect. We have the possibility of completing ourselves, perfecting ourselves, and all that is necessary for this lies in us.”

Lying Humanity Possibility Imperfect Incomplete Unfinished Completing

Author:Maurice Nicoll

“The Work is something living in our hearts and minds. Follow the path, see what changes take place within you, and what light begins to dawn in you.”

Mind Heart Light Path Dawn Within You Heart And Mind

Author:Maurice Nicoll

“The level above Man is called the Kingdom of Heaven or Kingdom of God in the Gospels. It has many other names in different writings. In the Gospels, it is said that the Kingdom of Heaven is within. It is at a higher level of a man. To reach it, a man must reach a higher level in himself. If everyone did this, the level of life on this earth would change.”

Ifs Men Writing Said Different Earth Names Heaven Levels Higher Kingdoms Kingdom Of God Higher Level Kingdom Of Heaven Levels Of Life

Author:Maurice Nicoll

“It is like the man who became short-sighted and refused to wear glasses, saying there was nothing wrong with him, but that the trouble was that the recent papers were so badly printed.”

Men Trouble He Man Paper Glasses Papers Printed Short Sighted

Book:Psychological Commentaries on the Teaching of G. I. Gurdjieff and P. D. Ouspensky

Source: Psychological Commentaries on the Teaching of G. I. Gurdjieff and P. D. Ouspensky

“What is difficult to understand is that without conscious effort, nothing is possible. Conscious effort is related to higher nature. My lower nature alone cannot lead me to consciousness. It is blind. But when I wake up and I feel that I belong to a higher world, this is only part of conscious effort. I become truly conscious only when I open to all my possibilities, higher and lower. There is value only in conscious effort.”

World Feels Values Difficult Effort Consciousness Possibility Higher Conscious Wake Up Blind Related Leading Me

Author:Jeanne de Salzmann

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