I have found over the years of working with people, even those who have had very deep and profound awakenings, that most people have a fear of being truthful, of really being honest-- not only with others, but with themselves as well. Of course, the core of this fear is that most people know intuitively that if they were actually truthful and totally sincere and honest, they would no longer be able to control anybody. Adyashanti
How could they see anything but the shadows if they were never allowed to move their heads?
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Plato
The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp.
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John Berry
The Encyclopedia--the advance artillery of reason, the armada of philosophy, the siege engine of the enlightenment...
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Peter Prange
Philosophy cannot be extinguished, though men will try ... The spirit seeks the light, that is its nature. It wishes to return to its origin, and must forever try to reach enlightenment.
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Iain Pears
Enlightenment is not a goal to be attained, it is a state-of-being to be regained.
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Kim Chestney
More Quotes By Adyashanti
The Truth is the only thing you’ll ever run into that has no agenda.
Do not think that enlightenment is going to make you special, it’s not. If you feel special in any way, then enlightenment has not occurred. I meet a lot of people who think they are enlightened and awake simply because they have had a very...
When you argue with reality, reality always wins
Let go of all ideas and images in your mind, they come and go and aren’t even generated by you. So why pay so much attention to your imagination when reality is for the realizing right now?
The greatest dream that we can have is to forget that we are dreaming.
