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From Philosophers And Sages And Seers Of Truth:
Miscellaneous Quotations And Pointers That Are Relevant To Advaitins / Non-Dualists
excerpted from the book QUOTATIONS AND POINTERS dealing with NON-DUALITY, ADVAITA, NISARGA YOGA and more
Throughout the ages, there have been those who have been in conscious contact with the inner guru / the inner resource which provided them direct access to a quasi-intuitive sense of the Oneness and a quasi-instinctive awareness of the non-dual understanding.
Some that will be quoted in the coming days had heard of non-duality via outer sources; some had never heard of non-duality by name but were in contact with the inner guru which allowed them to be aware.
You are invited to read the quotes and then sit in the silence and contemplate the pointers which touch on a host on non-dual topics:
Plato
"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark. The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the of the light."
E. Bayda
"It is only in our minds we seem trapped - in Reality we are utterly free."
Edward Thomas
“And heavy is the tread of the living, but the dead returning lightly dance.”
St. Francis of Assisi
"What you are looking for is what is looking."
Desiderius Erasmus
"Give light and the darkness will disappear of itself."
"A good portion of speaking will consist in knowing how to lie."
"A nail is driven out by another nail."
"Fools are without number."
"If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you don't do it, and it won't happen."
"In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king."
"It's the generally accepted privilege of theologians to stretch the heavens, that is the Scriptures, like tanners with a hide."
"Man's mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth."
"Nothing is as peevish and pedantic as men's judgments of one another."
"The nearer people approach old age the closer they return to a semblance of childhood, until the time comes for them to depart this life, again like children, neither tired of living nor aware of death."
"There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other."
"To know nothing is the happiest life."
"What difference is there, do you think, between those in Plato's cave who can only marvel at the shadows and images of various objects, provided they are content and don't know what they miss, and the philosopher who has emerged from the cave and sees the real things?"
Albert Einstein
“A person experiences life as something separated from the rest - a kind of optical delusion of consciousness. Our task must be to free ourselves from this self-imposed prison, and through compassion, to find the reality of Oneness.”
"A human being is part of the whole called by us 'universe,' a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty."
John Lennon
"Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it."
"There's nothing you can know that isn't known."
"You don't need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are!"
and lyrics by
John Lennon and Yoko Ono
IMAGINE
Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today. . .
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace. . .
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world. . .
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one
For those that would like to relax for a few moments longer, you are invited to listen to Lennon singing the lyrics of their non-duality-based song:
To be continued.
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