First, own the fears which have owned you, second – disown them.
RichiRealization is simply seeing things as they are without the overlay of imagination. Before 'awakening' things are as they are, and after 'awakening', the same. Only you, as the mind, drops the veils hiding reality. When this 'remembering' happens, (as you see that it was always already there), all that got imagined over time as life being something separate from you, gets to be reexamined and brought back home to the heart. This happens naturally and mysteriously. Why not see things as they are, right now? What are you waiting for? This is life's invitation. And you are life.
Susanne MarieIn evolutionary spirituality, we strive to awaken never for ourselves alone, but so that the world around us can become enlightened as a direct result of our own efforts.
Andrew CohenWith Awareness hold on to Awareness itself
Alon Halel Geva Even after awakening, you’re still you! You will not go through a miraculous change and have a complete transformation of your personality.
Individuals that are normally sullen do not start running around smiling and laughing all the time. Neither does enlightenment mean that you won’t ever have troubles again.
You still need to work, keep your job, and pay your bills. You still have car problems, and your children will get the flu. You could still be passed up for that promotion at work, and your partner may forget your birthday.
Your friends will not look at you and say, “You look different today. Were you enlightened over the weekend?” Others will not necessarily recognize you as a special person, especially if they are your family and friends.
You don’t become a special, higher being. In fact, it’s the opposite. You realize you are the same as everybody and everything else.
Enza VitaThe construction of the false self has got to be seen through in order to know the truth of Being.
We do this by de-construction, stripping down to our bare essence.
All the while what we are remains untouched.
When we know ourselves as That, then this 'me' can be itself, innocent in it's persona, a sweet personal fragrance of That.
Susanne MarieEvery molecule is permeated in silence, by the nature of our being, by life itself.
It´s the same with all human concerns - the tears, the laughter, the delight and the pain
bear witness to that one miracle that we are.
BerndThought does not tell us what we are seeing but rather what to see. We inherit our vision of reality along with the native language we learn.
John GreerNo One gets this
There is no awakening, no attainment, no getting it, no seeing-through, nothing, no thing. It’s not that you get answers - when the questioner ends, there are simply no questions, no-thing. ~ Peter
Peter LawryTake your stand at the root of your Being, then you can meet life wherever it's at with an open heart and from the Truth that you really know so well. It's been with you your entire life, the only constant.
Jeannie McGillivray