“People think that if you are enlightened you are not in touch with the pulse of the physical. Au contraire! The higher you go, the deeper you become, and the more conscious you are of the physical and the sensorial.” PeopleIfsThinkingHigherEnlightenmentConsciousDeeperEnlightenedPulse Author:Frederick Lenz
“Women must work doubly hard to overcome their conditioning in order to become enlightened. They must erase both conscious and unconscious ideas of sexual inferority that have been programmed into their awareness.” Has BeensIdeasHardOrderWomenAwarenessEnlightenmentConsciousOvercomingUnconsciousEnlightenedConditioningEraseConscious And Unconscious Author:Frederick Lenz
“You are god. To be conscious of that not just from the point of view of the human form, to be endless and beginningless perfect being, is to be enlightened.” HumansGodFormPerfectViewsConsciousPoint Of ViewEndlessEnlightenedHuman Form Author:Frederick Lenz
“The word "people" is unpleasant to me. The phrase "Soviet people" was drummed into us from childhood on. I love concrete people, enlightened people who live conscious lives and do not simply sit there and vegetate. To love the people you have to be the general secretary of the Communist Party or an absolute dictator.” PeoplePartyChildhoodConsciousAbsolutesPhrasesEnlightenedCommunistSovietConcreteDictatorSecretaryCommunist Party Author:Vladimir Sorokin
“[I'm a conscious parent] when I stay away from fear-based control tactics - punishment, yelling and threats and I'm seeking more enlightened ways to create boundries with my child.” WayChildrenParentConsciousThreatSeekingPunishmentMy ChildrenEnlightenedTacticsYelling Author:Shefali Tsabary
“There might be greater technology but really, we as human beings, we're the same as we ever were. There's always a ruling class that shits on a working class. There's always war over money. So we as humans aren't enlightened as a whole. So I think that you as an individual can progress under certain circumstances, so if you choose to be something and to try and learn and to try and progress then eventually it will happen but that is also who you are. You can make conscious decisions to try and do something positive or constructive but you are what you are.” ThinkingTryingWarIndividualDecisionTechnologyProgressCircumstancesConsciousWho You AreEnlightenedYou ChooseWorking Class Author:David W. Marsden
“One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.” DoeLightKnowledgeDarknessFiguresEnlightenmentConsciousShadowThoughtfulEnlightenedLove LifeSuicidalMemories Dreams ReflectionsConscious MindIndividuationLight And ShadowShadow WorkSithDark Night Of The SoulInner DarknessBecoming EnlightenedShadow Of Love Book:The Collected Works of C.G. Jung: Alchemical studies Source: The Collected Works of C.G. Jung: Alchemical studies
“There is no coming to consciousness without pain. People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own Soul. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.” PeopleDoeSoulMatterWisdomLightPainOrderConsciousnessDarknessFiguresConsciousAbsurdEnlightenedMemories Dreams ReflectionsWithout PainDark Night Of The Soul Author:Carl Jung
“The Buddha said that all conscious beings possess an enlightened nature. Because of that, we have this natural purity, peacefulness and power. We can rest the mind naturally because we are already in possession of these qualities. If one can rest the mind naturally, that's the best meditation.” IfsMindSaidNaturalQualityMeditationConsciousPossessionPurityEnlightenedPeacefulness Author:Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
“The basic nature of all conscious beings is 'self-existing wakefulness'. Self-existing meaning spontaneous or without effort and wakefulness meaning natural awareness. To ignore our basic nature, is to wander in fear and confusion, to directly realise our essential nature is to be Enlightened.” SelfSpiritualFearNatureNaturalEffortMeditationAwarenessEssentialsEnlightenmentConsciousConfusionWanderBuddhistEnlightenedRealisingSpiritual WisdomSpontaneousEnlightening Author:Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche