Nothing But Awareness
“Experience shows that the spirit is nothing but awareness. Whoever has greater awareness has greater spirit… When the spirit becomes greater and passes beyond all bounds, the spirits of all things become obedient to it.”
–Rumi (a.k.a. Jalal al-Din Rumi, a.k.a. Mevlana Jelaluddin Rúmí, Afghan Sufi Poet, 1207-1273)
Enlightenment In A Flash
“Enlightenment, when it comes, will come in a flash. There can be no gradual, no partial, Enlightenment.”
–Huang Po (a.k.a. Huangbo Xiyun, Chinese Zen Buddhist Teacher and Poet, c.A.D.770-c.849)
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“Many people feel that in the contemplation of nature and in communication with other living things, they become aware of some kind of force, or something, behind this apparent mask which we see in front of us, and they call it God.”
–Roman Kroitor (Canadian Filmmaker and Co-Inventor of IMAX, 1926-)
Science and Poetry
“In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it’s the exact opposite.”
–Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac (English Mathematician and Physicist, Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University from 1932-1969, and, in 1933, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, 1902-1984)
Rules of Life
“Great sages and saints have set certain rules for us to follow. If we followed those rules we shall know what is right what is wrong so that we may avoid certain things.”
–Swami Ramdas (a.k.a. Papa Ramdas, Indian Spiritual Teacher, 1884-1963)
The Sacred Earth
“The whole earth is the altar whereon God pours out His life and love.”
–Agnes Sanford (American Charismatic Christian Healer, teacher and Writer, 1897-1982)
Recognizing Your Own Power
“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.”
–Alice Walker (African-American Writer, 1944-)
A Why To Live
“He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.”
–Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (German Philosopher, 1844-1900)
Re-Enchanting the World
“Because disenchantment is intrinsic to the scientific worldview, the modern epoch contained, from its inception, an inherent instability that severely limited its ability to sustain itself for more than a few centuries. For more than 99 percent of human history, the world was enchanted and man saw himself as an integral part of it.
The complete reversal of this perception in a mere four hundred years or so has destroyed the continuity of the human experience and the integrity of the human psyche. It has nearly wrecked the planet as well.
The only hope, or so it seems to me, lies in a re-enchantment of the world.”
–Morris Berman (American Cultural Historian, Writer and Visiting Faculty Member of the Catholic University of America, 1944-)
The Unity of Reality
“Science recognizes today the inter-relationality of the universe. Relativity theory, quantum physics, post-Darwinian models of evolution, psychosomatic medicine, parapsychological research, biofeedback and, most of all, experience with Yoga and meditation support this basic vision.”
–Michael von Bruck (German Professor and Chair of Comparative Religious Studies at Munich University, 1949-)
