“Enlightenment, peace, and joy will not be granted by someone else. The well is within us, And if we dig deeply in the present moment, The water will spring forth.” IfsWellsMomentsMotivationalJoyWaterSpringEnlightenmentGrantedPresent MomentDig DeepPeace And Joy Book:Savor: Mindful Eating, Mindful Life Source: Savor: Mindful Eating, Mindful Life
“What, concretely, is Enlightenment ?" "Seeing Reality as it is," said the Master. "Doesn't everyone see Reality as it is?" "Oh, no! Most people see it as they think it is." "What's the difference?" "The difference between thinking you are drowning in a stormy sea and knowing you cannot drown because there isn't any water in sight for miles around.” PeopleThinkingSaidRealityWaterDifferencesKnowingSeeingSeaMastersEnlightenmentSightMilesDrowningStormyStormy Seas Author:Anthony de Mello
“The Enlightenment was an attempt to liberate myth and base truth claims on evidence, not just dogma. But when science threw out the church, they threw out the baby with the bath water.” WaterChurchBabyEnlightenmentEvidenceClaimsMythDogmaBaths Author:Ken Wilber
“The sole work and deed of universal freedom is therefore death, a death too which has no inner significance or filling, for what is negated is the empty point of the absolutely free self. It is thus the coldest and meanest of all deaths, with no more significance than cutting off a head of cabbage or swallowing a mouthful of water.” SelfDeathWaterFreedomCuttingEnlightenmentEmptyUniversalDeedsSignificanceSoleFillingSwallowingCabbageCutting Off Book:Phenomenology of Spirit Source: Phenomenology of Spirit
“What brings enlightenment is experience, in the sad sense of this word--the pressure of hard facts and unintelligible troubles, making a man rub his eyes in his waking dream, and put two and two together. Enlightenment is cold water.” MenTwoHardFactsDreamEyeTogetherWaterTroubleColdEnlightenmentExperiencePressureHis EyesWakingCold WaterTrouble Making Book:The Genteel Tradition: Nine Essays Source: The Genteel Tradition: Nine Essays
“A fish swims in the ocean, and no matter how far it swims there is no end to the water. A bird flies in the sky, and no matter how far it flies there is no end to the air. However the fish and the bird have never left their elements. Thus each of them totally covers its full range, and each of them totally experiences its realm... Know that water is life and air is life. The bird is life and the fish is life. Life must be the bird and life must be the fish... practice, enlightenment and people are like this.” PeopleKnowsEndsMatterLeftWaterPracticeAirSkyElementsOceanBirdEnlightenmentFishesRangeRealmsSwimWater Is Life Author:Dogen