“The ego/mind presumes and is convinced that its perceptions and interpretations of life experiences are the ‘real’ thing and therefore ‘true.’ It also believes by projection that other people see, think, and feel the same way—if they do not, they are mistaken and therefore wrong. Thus perception reinforces its hold by reification and presumptions.” – David Hawkins
“The end point of intellectual investigation arrives at the obvious conclusion that the mind and the intellect are each inherently defective and therefore incapable of arriving at absolute truth.” – David Hawkins
“The mind, in its identity with the ego, cannot, by definition, comprehend reality; if it could, it would instantly dissolve itself upon the recognition of its own illusory nature. It is only beyond the paradox of mind transcending ego that which Is stands forth self-evident and dazzling in its infinite Absoluteness. And then all these words are useless.” – David Hawkins
“Consciousness research confirms that approximately 99 percent of the ‘mind’ is silent and only 1 percent is processing images. The observer self is actually hypnotized by that 1 percent of activity and identifies with it as ‘me’—it is oblivious to the silent 99 percent of the field because it is invisible and formless.” – David Hawkins
“As the payoffs of the ego are refused and surrendered, its grip on the psyche lessens, and spiritual experience progresses as the residues of doubt are progressively relinquished. As a consequence, belief is replaced by experiential knowledge, and the depth and intensity of devotion increase and may eventually supersede and eclipse all other worldly activities and interests.” – David Hawkins
“All seeming separation is an artifact of thought. It is essential to see that the mind is at all times experiencing a point of view.” – David Hawkins
“All opinions are vanities with no intrinsic value, and are actually the result of naïveté.” – David Hawkins
“The sense of ‘who’ we are is primarily identification with the body, the personality, and its mental processing, with accompanying emotional investment. One can do an internal mental imaging process to see how much of the body or its sensations could actually be lost and yet have the self retain a sense of ‘I’. It becomes clear that the experiential ‘I’ has a body but is not a body.” – David Hawkins
“Eventually, it is recognized that form is constituted by the formless, and that they are one and the same, but until that realization occurs, form itself is a distraction and a delay that is best avoided.” – David Hawkins
“The major transitions occur when conceptual thought is abandoned along with interest in ‘experiencing’ or identification with the experiencer ‘edge’ of the ego/self and its processing functions.” – David Hawkins
“Each thought actually arises out of nothingness or the black field of silent mind, and is not, as presumed, caused by a preceding thought.” – David Hawkins
“The realization eventually occurs that the ‘I’ is not the content or the data, but an impersonal field several steps removed from the content of the programs. One then realizes that one is the audience, rather than the participant or subject.” – David Hawkins
“The field of conscious awareness is not time-tracked, and it is silent, autonomous, effortless, peaceful, all encompassing, and unprogrammed. It is free, unbound, spontaneous, tranquil, and not subject to birth or death. Discovery of this field is simple, easy, and relaxed.” – David Hawkins
“Intellect is dry, but it has a different kind of sparkle. It makes the world transparent.” – Sadhguru
“Education is not about molding children the way you think they should be. Education is about organizing the natural longing in a human being to know.” – Sadhguru
“Humanity is at a crossroads. Something fundamental is shifting in the very way human beings are. Things that have given hope to humanity are crumbling and falling apart.” – Sadhguru
“You do not have to be better than someone else, but you should not be anything less than what you can be.” – Sadhguru
“Pressure arises because you are trying to put them all into the same compartment, comparing them, and making them feel better or worse about it.” – Sadhguru
“If you did not expect anything, you would work joyfully, and with tremendous ability, because what comes in the end is not the point.” – Sadhguru
“A genuine seeker, a person who develops an urge within, will always find his Guru. He may find it in a man or a woman, or he may even find it in a rock. He will definitely find it somewhere; there is no doubt about it. When any being calls or really yearns, the existence answers.” – Sadhguru
