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“Instead of striving towards some distant goal that you will never reach, I invite you to stop and ask: How am I avoiding the enlightenment that is already present in each moment? How am I seeing separation where it doesn't exist?”

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Author:Adyashanti

“This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.”

“When awareness expands, events that seem random actually aren't. A larger purpose is trying to unfold through you. When you become aware of that purpose- which is unique for each person- you become like an architect who has been handed the blueprint.”

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Book:Spiritual Solutions: Answers to Life's Greatest Challenges

Source: Spiritual Solutions: Answers to Life's Greatest Challenges

“Not every sky will be blue and not every day is springtime. So on the spiritual path a person learns to find this kind of happiness without needing nice things to happen on the outside. Rather, you find happiness by being who you really are. This isn't mystical. Young children are happy being who they are. The trick is to regain such a state when you are grown and have seen the light and dark sides of life.”

Source: Spiritual Solutions: Answers to Life's Greatest Challenges

“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”

“The inward journey is about finding your own fullness, something that no one else can take away.”

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Author:Deepak Chopra

“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.”

“There was a famous Zen master whom people would seek out to become enlightened. He was strict and would occupy people with things having nothing to do with seeking enlightenment. You see, that is the only way to achieve enlightenment; by not focusing on achieving it. Then, one day it will just come to you.”

“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.”

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Author:Gautama Buddha

“Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.”

“We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.”

“The garden is a metaphor for life, and gardening is a symbol of the spiritual path.”

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Author:Larry Dossey

“Be kind to yourself as you proceed along this journey. This kindness, in itself, is a means of awakening the spark of love within you and helping others to discover that spark within themselves.”

“To become learned, each day add something. To become enlightened, each day drop something”

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Author:Laozi

“Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.”

“Enlightenment doesn't mean we were never wounded; it means we've found a way to evolve beyond our wounds. Enlightenment isn't idealistic; it's practical. What's idealistic is thinking we can live from our wounds, stay in our weakness, and ever transform the world.”

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Author:Marianne Williamson

“When we understand clearly that inner peace is the real source of happiness, and how, through spiritual practice, we can experience progressively deeper levels of inner peace, we will develop tremendous enthusiasm to practice”

Source: Transform Your Life: A Blissful Journey

“Healing comes when the individual remembers his or her identity—the purpose chosen in the world of ancestral wisdom—and reconnects with that world of Spirit.”

Source: The healing wisdom of Africa: finding life purpose through nature, ritual, and community

“I make time every day to think.”

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Author:Lailah Gifty Akita

“The most incredible architecture Is the architecture of Self, which is ever changing, evolving, revolving and has unlimited beauty and light inside which radiates outwards for everyone to see and feel. With every in breathe you are adding to your life and every out breathe you are releasing what is not contributing to your life. Every breathe is a re-birth.”

Source: The Master's Sacred Knowledge

“Note and Quote to Self – What you think, say and do! Your life mainly consists of 3 things! What you think, What you say and What you do! So always be very conscious of what you are co-creating!”

Book:The Master's Sacred Knowledge

Source: The Master's Sacred Knowledge

“NOTE TO SELF – BOOMERANG EFFECT My words, thoughts and deeds have a boomerang effect. So be-careful what you send out!”

Book:The Master's Sacred Knowledge

Source: The Master's Sacred Knowledge

“Quotes and notes to self – Find your inner peace! Don’t be caught up in your outer world. Pay greater attention to your inner world”

Author:Allan Rufus

“Enlightenment is the Goal - Love is the Game - Taking steps are the rules! - Allan Rufus”

“Quotes and notes to self- Divine and Unique Power Find out what my Individual Divine and Unique Power IS and offer it outwards in harmony with all life!”

Book:The Master's Sacred Knowledge

Source: The Master's Sacred Knowledge

“I wish you all an ego free driven day!”

Book:The Master's Sacred Knowledge

Source: The Master's Sacred Knowledge

“Enlightenment is a state of consciousness, It reveals your true nature of the self being divine.”

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Author:Shiva Negi

“Om is that God of love. Like a loving mother Om cleans us of our clutters collected through many incarnations.”

“If one can remember that one is here for something more than fragile dreams then one will have passed the first, pivotal test.”

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Book:Circles of Separation

Source: Circles of Separation

“How odd that we spend so much time treating the darkness, and so little time seeking the light. The ego loves to glorify itself by self-analysis, yet we do not get rid of darkness by hitting it with a baseball bat. We only get rid of darkness by turning on the light.”

Source: Tears to Triumph: The Spiritual Journey from Suffering to Enlightenment

“Life is like a sandwich! Birth as one slice, and death as the other. What you put in-between the slices is up to you. Is your sandwich tasty or sour? Allan Rufus.org”