“ If there is true ‘Selfishness,’ then there is ‘liberation of the Self’, and that indeed is one’s own form (the Self). Dada Bhagwan
“ Worshipping ‘Gnani Purush’ [the enlightened one] is equal to worshiping the Pure Soul and it is indeed same as the worship of absolute supreme Self (Parmatma). And it is the main cause for moksha [fin… Dada Bhagwan
“ Life is there to attain Liberation while going through the experience of it. It should not be ‘above normal’ or ‘below normal,’ it should be ‘normal’. Dada Bhagwan
“ Thus he has two standpoints from which he can consider himself...: first, as belonging to the world of sense, under the laws of nature (heteronomy), and, second, as belonging to the intelligible world… Immanuel Kant
“ The embodiment of his mystic precepts, he appeared at any given moment to be on the verge of an amazing disintegration, his particular complex of atoms ready to go shooting off into the great void lik… Thomas Ligotti
“ The beauty of theatre was that it was a moving, changing art form—only those who watch the same performance night in after night out see the real naturalistic drama at work—the small changes, adjustme… John M. Keller
“ Hence it is a superficial view (which presumably has never seen a person in despair, not even one’s own self) when it is said of a man in despair, "He is consuming himself." For precisely this it is h… Soren Kierkegaard
“ A life of joy awaits the man who sits alone quietly in a room and determines what he himself believes rather than simply adopting the values of another. Chris Matakas
“ We tend to view ourselves as this, lying in contradiction with everything that is not ourselves, that. Chris Matakas
“ That nagging state of constant thought that exists somewhere between the ears and behind the eyes is the self. Chris Matakas
“ This constant mental diatribe and the frustrations, worries, insecurities and muscular tension that ensues are the self. Chris Matakas
“ It is important to realize that we so often define ourselves by what is in opposition to ourselves. Chris Matakas
“ There is this question of otherness….So just as it is blood alone that binds people to defend one another in the face of danger, on the spiritual plane one person will struggle to help another only if… Sandor Maraï
“ The very fact that you can observe this thinking mind is proof that you are not this thinking mind. Chris Matakas
“ But if I am to let my life speak things I want to hear, things I would gladly tell others, I must also let it speak things I do not want to hear and would never tell anyone else! My life is not only a… Parker J. Palmer
“ The self is the class (not the collection) of the experiences (or autopsychological states). The self does not belong to the expression of the basic experience, but is constructed only on a very high… Rudolf Carnap
“ Lord, how excellent are Thy ways, and how devious and dark are the ways of man. Show us how to die, that we may rise again to newness of life. Rend the veil of our self-life from the top down as Thou… A.W. Tozer
“ Begin. . . where you are, NOT where you want to be. Begin stuck in the doldrums of your false story--if that is where you are. Begin there because, in truth, there is no other place to start from. Tel… Florence Falk
