“Whenever a human being ceases to live for themselves and begins to care about that which is greater than themselves, the personality begins to experience ecstasy, joy and spontaneous liberation. And that's found through doing, through action, through giving, through deeply embracing the human experience.” GivingHumansGodCareActionJoySpiritualityFoundHuman BeingsGreaterPersonalityExperienceCeaseLiberationEcstasySpontaneousHuman Experience Author:Andrew Cohen
“It is always the false that makes you suffer, the false desires and fears, the false values and ideas, the false relationships between people. Abandon the false and you are free of pain; truth makes happy, truth liberates.” PeopleIdeasTruthPainSpiritualDesireSufferingValuesSpiritualityLiberationAbandonSpiritual WisdomMake HappyFalsenessInterpersonal Relationship Author:Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
“The true value of a human being can be found in the degree to which he has attained liberation from the self.” LifeHumansSelfSpiritualValuesSpiritualityFoundPeaceHuman BeingsDegreesEnlightenmentLiberationTrue Value Author:Albert Einstein
“The highest happiness is when one reaches the stage of liberation, at which there is no more suffering.” SpiritualSufferingSpiritualityStageHighestLiberation Book:The Art of Happiness, 10th Anniversary Edition: A Handbook for Living Source: The Art of Happiness, 10th Anniversary Edition: A Handbook for Living
“Your first task is to see the sorrow in you and around you; your next, to long intensely for liberation. The very intensity of longing will guide you; you need no other guide.” NeedsFirstsLongSpiritualSpiritualityNextSorrowTasksLongingGuidesLiberationIntensity Author:Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
“The religions of the world must be assessed, not on the basis of their convoluted theologies, but in terms of the extent to which they serve as forces of liberation and empowerment.” WorldGodSpiritualityForceTermEmpowermentBasesTheologyLiberationEmpoweringConvoluted Author:Agnivesh
“In our desire to impose form on the world and our lives we have lost the capacity to see the form that is already there; and in that lies not liberation but alienation, the cutting off from things as they really are.” WorldFormLyingDesireSpiritualityLostOur LivesCuttingCapacityLiberationAlienationSpiritual AwarenessCutting Off Author:Colin Gunton
“There is only one way of attaining liberation and of obtaining the omniscience of enlightenment: following an authentic spiritual master.” WaySpiritualSpiritualityMastersEnlightenmentFollowingOne WayLiberationObtainingOmniscienceSpiritual Masters Author:Sogyal Rinpoche
“To me, spirituality is about two things: The liberation of consciousness from all illusion, so that the true nature can shine and an embodiment in life that is an alternative to the patterns of manipulation and greed that dominate our current culture.” TwoSpiritualCultureSpiritualityConsciousnessIllusionShiningGreedPatternsCurrentsAlternativesLiberationTwo ThingsMysticismManipulationTrue NatureEmbodiment Author:John William Willis-Bund
“The process of liberation brings with it a profound conflict. Having the project be clear is not enough. What is necessary is a spirituality of resistance and of renewed hope to turn ever back to the struggle in the face of the defeats of the oppressed.” EnoughFacesTurnsSpiritualityProcessStruggleClearConflictProjectsProfoundDefeatResistanceLiberationOppressed Author:Leonardo Boff