The Perspectives of the Ego
“It is characteristic of the ego that it takes all that is unimportant as important and all that is important as unimportant.”
–Meher Baba (Indian Spiritual Teacher who, from July 1925 maintained Silence, 1894-1969)
Locked Into Paradigms
“Science today is locked into paradigms. Every avenue is blocked by beliefs that are wrong, and if you try to get anything published by a journal today, you will run against a paradigm and the editors will turn it down.”
–Sir Fred Hoyle (English Astronomer, Mathematician and Writer, 1915-2001)
The Emergent Mind
“Indeed, as proclaimed by all great religious convictions, a unity characterizes this emergent mind and the basic order of the universe.”
–Karl Pribram (Austrian-born American Neuroscientist, 1919-)
“Ancient Wisdom – Modern Insight (Quest Books)” (Shirley J. Nicholson)
Choosing A Life of Magnitude
“A life of magnitude does not just happen; it is consciously chosen. Living is an endlessly creative process in which we work on achieving the life we want through our willingness to be who we would like to be.”
–Marianne Williamson (American Author, Unity Church Minister and Lecturer on Spirituality, 1952-)
Self-Realization and God-Realization
“The Infinite alone justifies the existence of the finite and the finite by itself has no entirely separate value or independent existence.
Life, if it is not an illusion, is a divine Play, a manifestation of the glory of the Infinite.
Or it is a means by which the soul growing in Nature through countless forms and many lives can approach, touch, feel and unite itself through love and knowledge and faith and adoration and a Godward will in works with this transcendent Being and this infinite Existence.
This Self or this self-existent Being is the one supreme reality, and all things else are either only appearances or only true by dependence upon it. It follows that self-realization and God-realization are the great business of the living and thinking human being.
All life and thought are in the end a means of progress towards self-realization and God-realization.”
–Sri Aurobindo (a.k.a. Aurobindo Ghose, Indian Nationalist Leader, Mystic, Philosopher and Creator of Purna (Integral) Yoga, 1872-1950)
Self-Awareness and Compassion
“We must each lead a way of life with self-awareness and compassion, to do as much as we can. Then, whatever happens we will have no regrets.”
–The 14th Dalai Lama (a.k.a. Tenzin Gyatso, Tibetan Religious and Political Leader, 1935-)
Living, Not Existing
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
–Oscar Wilde (Irish Dramatist and Wit, 1854-1900)
The True Value of Things
“The height of ability consists in a thorough knowledge of the real value of things, and of the genius of the age in which we live.”
–François, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (French Writer and Moralist, 1613-1680)
The World In A Grain of Sand
“To see a world in a grain of sand
and heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
and eternity in an hour.”
–William Blake (English Poet, Painter and Mystic, 1757-1827)
The Journey Inwards
“The longest journey is the journey inwards. Of him who has chosen his destiny, Who has started upon his quest for the source of his being.”
–Dag Hammarskjöld (Swedish Statesman, Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1953-1961, and, in 1961, Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, 1905-1961)
