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| Freedom Liberation cannot be achieved except by the perception of the identity of the individual spirit with the universal Spirit. Shankara The wise seeker after Liberation must first establish himself in discrimination. Shankara The wise, meditating on God, concentrating their thought, discovering in the mouth of the cavern, deeper in the cavern, that Self that ancient Self, difficult to imagine, more difficult to understand, pass beyond joy and sorrow. Katha Upanishad He walks in bright awareness and with illumined spirit. In other words, the man who realizes self-awareness feels that he is no more the obedient servant of blind impulse, but is his own master. Chang Chen-chi When enlightenment is perfected, a Bodhisattva is free from the bondage of things, but does not seek to be delivered from things. Samsara (the world of becoming) is not hated by him, nor is Nirvana loved. When perfect Enlightenment shines, it is neither bondage nor deliverance. Prunabuddha Sutra God forces no one, for love cannot compel, and God's service, therefore, is a thing of perfect freedom. Hans Denk Perfect freedom is obtained only when our egoistic thoughts are not read into life and the world is accepted as it is, as a mirror reflects a flower as a flower. D.T. Suzuki Ultimate Nirvana is attained by avoiding all samsaric deeds, such as seeking Nirvana, or casting off impurity and clinging to purity, or harbouring attainments and proofs of attainment, or failure to discard rules. How, then, is deliverance to be achieved? Never having been bound, you have no need to seek deliverance. Hui-hai The Inner Light is beyond praise and blame; like space it knows no boundaries, yet it is even here, within us, ever retaining its serenity and fullness. It is only when you hunt for it that you lose it; you cannot take hold of it, but equally you cannot get rid of it, and while you can do neither, it goes on its own way. Yung-chia Ta-shih Monk: How does one get liberated? Shih-t'ou: Who has ever put you in bondage? Monk: What is the Pure Land? Shih-t'ou: Who has ever defiled you? Monk: What is Nirvana? Shih-t'ou: Who has ever subjected you to birth and death? Neither a fool nor a pundit am I, neither silent nor of many words; how can I speak of reasoning or argument since I am free even from the taint of Nirvana? Avadhut Gita None but the slave of the indwelling God is free. D.E. Harding Live neither in the entanglements of outer things nor in inner feelings of emptiness. Be serene in the oneness of things and such erroneous views will disappear by themselves. Sen-t'san Do not think the resurrection is an illusion. It is the revelation of what is. Why not consider yourself risen already? Treatise on Resurrection It is because we are not near enough to Thee to partake of Thy liberty that we want a liberty of our own different from Thine. George Macdonald Free-will is the king of the soul. It shall be crowned with a crown that is called charity. Ruysbroeck Where the spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. St. Paul I am neither bound nor free. My illusion has ended. The world, though appearing to exist in me, has in reality no existence. Ashtavakra Gita When there is freedom there is attention, and only in this attention can goodness flower. J. Krishnamurti Everything exists and has its being in this freedom. It is everywhere and nowhere. It has no frontiers. Can you die now to everything you know and not wait for tomorrow to die? This freedom is eternity and ecstasy and love. J. Krishnamurti Here there is no longer any way because for the just man there is no law. He is a law unto himself. St. John of the Cross Freedom is a condition of the soul. When the soul of man is free It carries him through Red Seas and desert experiences to the Promised Lang of spiritual peace. As we turn to the kingdom of our inner Self, we find the reign of divine power in the outer world. As we seek peace within, we find harmony without. As we find freedom of the Soul, we experience the freedom of Grace. Joel Goldsmith Freedom cannot be gained nor kept without the will-to-freedom. Nisargadatta The word or dogma that claims sovereignty over the whole and does not often and humbly present itself before the whole for renewal in the end imprisons us. Laurens van der Post The man who expects the true life from the world of manifestation, from the world which he knows, waits for it in vain until his death. Hubert Benoit Thou (the human being) art that which is not. I am that I am. If thou perceivest this truth in thy soul, never shall the enemy deceive thee; thou shalt escape all his snares. St. Catherine of Siena back to top |
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