“People enter states of consciousness where they think they've become enlightened. The best thing to do, if you've gone through one of those phases, is to be sensible, laugh at yourself for how foolish you were.” PeopleIfsThinkingStatesConsciousnessLaughingGoneBuddhismFoolishBuddhistBest ThingsThings To DoEnlightenedSensiblePhasesEtiquetteStates Of ConsciousnessLaugh At Yourself Author:Frederick Lenz
“Any individual is capable of realizing the truth at any time. No tradition is necessary, no chain, no lineage. Once you have realized the truth, once you have become consciousness itself, then you go beyond all such distinctions.” IndividualRealizingConsciousnessBuddhismCapableTraditionChainsBuddhistDistinctionEtiquetteLineage Author:Frederick Lenz
“Mystical experiences nearly always lead one to a belief that some aspect of consciousness is imperishable. In a Buddhist metaphor the consciousness of the individual is like a flame that burns through the night. It is not the same flame over time, yet neither is it another flame.” NightIndividualBeliefConsciousnessAspectMetaphorBuddhistFlamesMysticismMysticalMystical Experiences Author:Marilyn Ferguson
“Beyond learning and unlearning is awareness, and beyond awareness is consciousness, and beyond consciousness is immortality, and beyond immortality is dharma and beyond dharma is nirvana.” ConsciousnessAwarenessBuddhistImmortalityDharmaCosmology Author:Frederick Lenz
“Christ wasn't a Christian and Buddha wasn't a Buddhist and Muhammad wasn't Muslim. These people were having the experience of unity consciousnesses and universal consciousness and they spoke of it in words.” PeopleChristianChristConsciousnessUniversalUnityBuddhistSpokesMuhammad Author:Deepak Chopra
“Jesus represents a point of common ground an esteemed rabbi to the Jew, a god to the Hindu, an enlightened one to the Buddhist, a great prophet to the Muslim. Even to the New Age guru, Jesus is the pinnacle of God-consciousness. At the same time, Jesus is the divider. None but Christians see Him as a member of the Godhead on an exclusive mission to repair the broken world.” WorldAgeChristianJesusCommonConsciousnessBrokenMembersJewMissionsBuddhistProphetEnlightenedNew AgeExclusiveGuruCommon GroundRabbiPinnacleBroken World Author:Philip Yancey
“As a book person and a movie person, I feel Jewish. My Dad was more Buddhist than anything, and on the West Coast I've often had the impression that Jews become Buddhists. I think, if anything, my religion has more to do with California consciousness, vibrations and energy. My wife isn't Jewish. There's nothing ceremonial going on at our house, I mean, occasionally a candle gets lit. But, definitely, my Judaism is an ongoing relationship, one that remains to be consummated.” ThinkingMeanBookHouseEnergyConsciousnessWifeDadMy DadJewMy WifeImpressionBuddhistCandleJudaismLit Author:Jonathan Raymond