“The sign of an advanced spiritual person is that they don't think they're an advanced spiritual person until after liberation.” ThinkingPersonsSpiritualBuddhismBalanceLiberation Author:Frederick Lenz
“It's very funny. People do not want to achieve liberation or be happy. This is the basic guideline they teach you in Spiritual Training School.” PeopleWantSchoolSpiritualTeachAchieveBuddhismTrainingLiberationRamaGuidelinesFunny People Author:Frederick Lenz
“This naming of things is so crucial to possession - a spiritual padlock with the key thrown irretrievably away - that it is a murder, an erasing, and it is not surprising that when people have felt themselves prey to it (conquest), among their first acts of liberation is to change their names.” PeopleFirstsSpiritualNamesFeltKeysMurderPossessionLiberationThrownCrucialSurprisingConquestPreyPadlocks Author:Jamaica Kincaid
“A text of Tibetan Buddhism describes the time of death as a unique opportunity for spiritual liberation from the cycles of death and rebirth and a period that determines our next incarnation.” SoulSpiritualNextOpportunityBuddhismPeriodsUniqueDetermineLiberationCyclesReincarnationRebirthIncarnationTibetanTibetan BuddhismUnique OpportunitiesDeath And Rebirth Book:The Cosmic Game: Explorations of the Frontiers of Human Consciousness Source: The Cosmic Game: Explorations of the Frontiers of Human Consciousness
“Political movements for justice are part of the fuller development of the cosmos, and nature is the matrix in which humans come to their self-awareness of their power to transform. Liberation movements are a fuller development of the cosmos's sense of harmony, balance, justice, and celebration. This is why true spiritual liberation demands rituals of cosmic celebrating and healing, which will in turn culminate in personal transformation and liberation.” HumansSelfSpiritualPoliticalTurnsJusticeHealingAwarenessMovementDevelopmentBalanceDemandTransformationHarmonySelf AwarenessCelebrateLiberationCosmosRitualCosmicCelebrationPersonal TransformationPolitical Movements Author:Matthew Fox