“When your consciousness expands you are in a world, literally, of light. You live in a world of light where nothing is solid. You don't have to be enlightened to have this experience. You just have to start the inner journey.” WorldInspirationalLightConsciousnessJourneyBuddhismEnlightenedInner Journey Author:Frederick Lenz
“I always had an existential crisis, trying to figure out ‘what does it all mean?’ I came to the conclusion that if we can advance the knowledge of the world, if we can expand the scope and scale of consciousness, then, we’re better able to ask the right questions and become more enlightened. That’s the only way to move forward.” IfsWorldWayTryingMeanDoeAbleMovingAsksConsciousnessFiguresCrisisScalesMoving ForwardConclusionEnlightenedExistentialScopeRight QuestionsExistential CrisisKnowledge Of The World Author:Elon Musk
“Sometimes when you are with an enlightened teacher, you will feel both pleasant and unpleasant things magnified. That happens when you meditate with someone who goes into very strong states of altered consciousness.” FeelsSometimesStatesHappensStrongConsciousnessTeacherPleasantEnlightenedVery StrongAltered Author:Frederick Lenz
“Enlightened teachers can do certain miracles, but they are not really miracles. They just know how to use energy on other levels of consciousness. A miracle is in the eye of the beholder, as is all of life.” KnowsUseEyeCertainEnergyCan DoLevelsConsciousnessKnow HowTeacherMiracleEnlightenedBeholderEye Of The Beholder Author:Frederick Lenz
“Miracles have a purpose. Miracles help people believe in enlightenment. The real miracle is the transformation of consciousness from limitation and pain to enlightenment and ecstasy.” PeopleBelieveRealHelpingPainPurposeConsciousnessTeacherEnlightenmentMiracleTransformationLimitationEnlightenedEcstasy Author:Frederick Lenz
“If it's real enlightenment...you're dealing with someone who's broken through every rule, every barrier, every do and do not, and they've reached an apex of consciousness. They've broken through all the conditioning, all the timidity. They don't buy into any program.” IfsRealConsciousnessTeacherBrokenEnlightenmentProgramEnlightenedBarriersConditioningTimidityApex Author:Frederick Lenz
“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
“An enlightened person raises the level of the consciousness of the entire community.” PersonsCommunityLevelsConsciousnessRaisesEnlightened Author:Phyllis Grissim-Theroux
“When you continuously know and sense yourself as the space of consciousness rather than what appears in consciousness - sense perceptions, thoughts, emotions - then it can be said that you are enlightened... except that you wouldn't think or speak of yourself as 'enlightened', because that would instantly create another mind-based conceptual identity and so it would be the end of 'your' enlightenment.” ThinkingKnowsMindSaidEndsWould BeSpeakSpaceEmotionConsciousnessIdentityPerceptionEnlightenmentEnlightenedSense Perception Author:Eckhart Tolle
“Strictly speaking, "you" cannot become enlightened, because who you take yourself to be is like a ripple in the ocean of consciousness - or a little wave if you're a VIP - and the ripple doesn't become enlightened until it realizes that its ripple-identity is ultimately a misperception, that it is the ocean taking on a fleeting ripple-form.” IfsLittlesFormRealizingConsciousnessIdentityOceanWaveEnlightenedFleetingRippleMisperceptionVip Author:Eckhart Tolle
“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