Personal Enlightenment Quotes

It is necessary that one be a light to oneself in a world that is becoming utterly dark.

The height of all philosophy is to know thyself; and the end of this knowledge is to know God.

Nearly all the wisdom we possess, that is to say, true and sound wisdom, consists of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves.

Building community is to the collective as spiritual practice is to the individual.

Don't look for God in the sky; look within your own body.

Soul development should take precedence over all things.

When did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly realized I was talking to myself.

Religion, like all things, begins with self, And naught is known, until one knows himself.

I've never been a religious person. I've been a spiritual person since I was about 15, 16, when I was first introduced to Psilocybin [mushrooms]. That really opened me up to thinking about the universe in a different way, and coming to significant realizations about my connection to something greater than me.

Religion is only the illusory sun which revolves round man as long as he does not revolve round himself.

Self-realization is a comedown from salvation, but still gives us something to hope for.

There is something that can be found in one place. It is a great treasure which may be called the fulfillment of existence. The place where this treasure can be found is the place where one stands

There are paths and ruts in the spirit world as there are in the physical and mental world. One must take the tools of the spirit world and make one's own path rather than exactly follow the paths of those who once were . . . You must not seek their path and their understanding, but you must seek your own. The ruts of the spirit are trying to follow others and it cannot be done.

So many religions are there because so many people are unhappy. A happy person needs no religion; a happy person needs no temple, no church - because for a happy person the whole universe is a temple, the whole existence is a church. The happy person has nothing like religious activity because his whole life is religious.

The spiritual journey has to do with learning to think more deeply and take as long a time as we need. That's the path to wisdom.

Look deep into your throbbing life and you will find the quality of the divine. You will not find a God but you will find a godliness, a truth, an awakening, a buddha.

Why isn't there a book about someone losing their faith and it being a beautiful experience?

Reading is not simply an intellectual pursuit but an emotional and spiritual one. It lights the candle in the hurricane lamp of self; that's why it survives

You need not bring life to the scripture. You should draw life from the scripture.

Lucky people develop a relationship with a certain kind of art that becomes spiritual, almost religious, and doesn’t mean, you know, church stuff, but it means you’re just never the same.

It is blessed to eat into the very soul of the Bible until the very essence of the Bible flows from you.

Religion does not mean just precepts, a temple, monastery, or other external signs, for these as well as hearing and thinking are subsidiary factors in taming the mind.

. . . the fools of this world prefer to look for sages far away. They don't believe that the wisdom of their own mind is the sage . . . the sutras say, "Mind is the teaching." But people of no understanding don't believe in their own mind or that by understanding this teaching they can become a sage. They prefer to look for distant knowledge and long for things in space, buddha-images, light, incense, and colors. They fall prey to falsehood and lose their minds to insanity.

You have discovered the spiritual universe. Many others have discovered this same world, but each must make the discovery for himself. You are going to have a lot of joy sailing around this world of yours. Don't fight the opinions of others, or waste your time arguing over these things. Follow the inward gleam of your consciousness and you will arrive.

Since life is but a continuous series of experiences, everything ultimately helps me towards my final enlightenment.