The question about the Salafi is an important question as I say in Arab Awakening, and have often repeated since. I am really underlining the importance of this, because we really don't have very good memories. Remember - the Taliban in Afghanistan were not at all politicised in the beginning. They were just on about education. And then they were pushed by the Saudi and the Americans to be against the Russian colonisation, and as a result they came to be politicised.
Ah, if I could realize, if I could forget myself and devote my meditations to the freeing, the awakening and the blessedness of all living creatures everywhere I'd realize what there is, is ecstasy.
During our dreams we do not know we are dreaming. We may even dream of interpreting a dream. Only on waking do we know it was a dream. Only after the great awakening will we realize that this is the great dream.
Vulnerability is a wonderful tool for awakening and for learning and for growing and for connecting.
The aim of my teaching is enlightenment, awakening from the dream state of separateness into the reality of the One. In short, my teaching is focused on realizing what you are.
Through radical generosity, we are awakening in people an in built divine consciousness of His goodness.
The Bosnian Genocide was something that triggered my consciousness and led to an awakening politically for me.
The path of awakening is not about becoming who you are. Rather it is about unbecoming who you are not.
Do not seek the answers. Let the answers find you.
We talk about people being narrow-minded when they have a limited sense of possibility. Well, that's exactly what they are. They are narrow-frequencied, if you like. When we talk about people awakening, it's awakening to a greater range of possibilities, of awareness and frequencies.
If I were to awaken after having slept for a thousand years, my first question would be: Has the Riemann hypothesis been proven?
The journey of prayer is nothing more or less than a gradual awakening to the reality of recognizing what is already there.
The more something upsets you, the more it is meant for you. When it no longer upsets you, it is no longer needed because the lesson is complete.
When I was on Broadway, my most recent Broadway show was 'Spring Awakening,' and every night I did a topless scene.
The ultimate freedom from the nonexistent ego is to see that it is actually irrelevant.
Any time you have an individual who is very confident in their abilities to persuade, there can be a rude awakening under cross-examination.
Be kind to yourself as you proceed along this journey. This kindness, in itself, is a means of awakening the spark of love within you and helping others to discover that spark within themselves.
People tell me, "I'm glad you said that. " But this is not a spectator sport. This is an activity that requires daily moral awakening as well as a commitment that leads to real change.
Upon retiring, sleep as if you had entered your last sleep. Upon awakening, leave your bed behind you instantly as if you had cast away a pair of old shoes.
Our interests are grains of opium to our consciences, but they only put it to sleep for a terrible awakening.