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A spirit vastly superior to that of man

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Everyone who is seriously involved in the pursuit of science becomes convinced that a spirit is manifest in the laws of the universe – a spirit vastly superior to that of man.

– Albert Einstein

A direct experience of God

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One of the main functions of formalized religions is to protect people against a direct experience of God.

– Carl Jung

Ideas of God

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Our ideas of God tell us more about ourselves than about Him.

– Thomas Merton

He still creates it without ceasing

God created the world in such a way that he still creates it without ceasing.

All that belongs to the past and future is remote and alien to God.

– Meister Eckhart

Looking deeply at life

Do not pursue the past.
Do not lose yourself in the future.
The past no longer is.
The future has not yet come.

Looking deeply at life as it is in the very here and now;
the practitioner dwells in stability and freedom.

– Bhaddekaratta Sutta

Smile with your whole being

If you really know how to live, what better way to start the day than with a smile?…Smiling helps you approach the day with gentleness and understanding….Smile with your whole being.

– Thich Nhat Hanh

The chains of illusion

I believe that man must get rid of illusions that enslave and paralyze him; that he must become aware of the reality inside and outside of him in order to create a world which needs no illusions.

Freedom and independence can be achieved only when the chains of illusion are broken.

– Erich Fromm

The light of your own true Self

On the day you see the light of your own true Self, you’ll rejoice!
But if you only see forms which from the beginning were in you,
and don’t die to them or know them,
how can you stand the light?

– From the gospel of Thomas

Thinking makes it so

There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.

– Shakespeare

The news isn’t all that good

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“Allow me to explain the good news my religion proclaims,” said the preacher.
The master was all attention.
“God is love. And God loves and rewards us forever if we observe God’s commandments.”
If?” said the master. “Then the news isn’t all that good, is it?”

– Anthony de Mello