The practice of seeking enlightenment daily is a profound commitment to personal evolution, a conscious choice to engage with the world through a lens of clarity and understanding. This daily engagement with the principles of enlightenment is not a retreat from the world but a deeper immersion into its very fabric, seeing beyond the superficial to the interconnectedness that binds us all.
In a society often preoccupied with material success and external validation, the quest for daily enlightenment stands as a countercultural act. It is a quiet revolution against the noise of everyday distractions. Each morning, we are presented with a fresh canvas on which to paint our experiences, and the strokes we choose can be informed by the wisdom of ages past and present.
The enlightened individual does not shun the mundane but finds depth within it. The simple act of breathing, the routine interactions with others, the challenges faced, and the joys encountered—all are opportunities for growth and insight. Enlightenment daily is a reminder that each moment holds the potential for an awakening.
Quotes on mindfulness, compassion, and the nature of reality can serve as daily signposts, guiding us back to our intentions when we stray. They are not just words but seeds planted in the fertile ground of the mind, which, when nurtured, can blossom into a life lived with purpose and grace.
In embracing enlightenment daily, we make a conscious decision to shape our lives with intentionality, to cultivate wisdom and to spread light through our actions. As we journey through each day with this heightened awareness, we become not just participants in the world but active contributors to its unfolding story.
“No want” is the greatest bliss
Ramana Maharishi says : "All beings desire happiness always, happiness without a tinge of sorrow. At the same time everybody loves himself best. The cause for love is only happiness. So, that happiness must lie within oneself. Further, that happiness is daily experienced by everyone in sleep when there is no mind. To attain that natural happiness one must know ...
A face to face situation
Douglas Harding says : "Nearly everybody lives and dies thinking this is a face to face situation. In all the languages of the world this is a face to face situation. Now, I really look and I see that never for a millionth of a second have I faced anybody in my whole life. It has always been face there ...
A prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future?
Deepak Chopra says : "Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future" ...
A Sadhu’s Reminiscences of Ramana Maharshi
A Sadhu’s Reminiscences of Ramana Maharshi says : "After I had been meditating in the presence of Bhagavan for some months, I reached a certain stage when I would be overcome by fear. I asked Bhagavan about this. I was assured by some of those present in the Hall at the time, not of course by Bhagavan, that this was ...
A state of bliss and knowledge beyond words
ISANYA JNANA DESIKAR says : "The Self, fulness and perfection, can neither be described nor rejected. It is a state of bliss and knowledge beyond words, having no day and no night. It is called nishtha by the Vedas. The Self, complete in itself, is not something that can be caught hold of. No amount of learning can teach one ...
All suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desire
Adyashanti says : "But even then you can realize the truth and still not operate from it. You can have a very deep awakening experience and still not function from that awakening because the me is still convinced that a me is necessary. The me always brings you back into relationship with another—it can be the world and me, my ...
All will be united
Anandamayi Ma says : "Whether you speak of the many or of the One, it is a matter of outlook. One seed is sown, and a tree grows with countless flowers and leaves, displaying infinite ways of becoming and numberless stages of rest; yet essentially it is one. Every creed, every school of thought has its particular method of approach ...
Another form of desire
Anthony De Mello says : "If I were enlightened and you listened to me because I was enlightened, then you’re in big trouble. Are you ready to be brainwashed by someone who’s enlightened? You can be brainwashed by anybody, you know. What does it matter whether someone’s enlightened or not? But see, we want to lean on someone, don’t we? ...
BE QUIET, that is Truth, BE STILL, that is God”.
Krishna Bhikshu in Ramana Smriti says : "Once some very learned Sanskrit scholars were sitting in the old hall discussing portions of the Upanishads and other scriptural texts with Bhagavan. Bhagavan was giving them proper explanations and it was a sight to remember and adore! At the same time, I felt genuinely in my heart, ‘Oh, how great these people ...
Cultivate your inherent mindfulness
Mae Chee Kaew says : "But if you neglect to cultivate your inherent mindfulness and wisdom, striving halfheartedly, indifferent to the truth about yourself, the obstacles in your path will grow and multiply until they block all sight of the way, leaving the end of the road forever in darkness." ...
Cure is painful
Anthony De Mello says : "Most people tell you they want to get out of kindergarten, but don't believe them. Don't believe them! All they want you to do is to mend their broken toys. "Give me back my wife. Give me back my job. Give me back my money. Give me back my reputation, my success." This is what ...
Discover the source of these thoughts
Papa ji says : "Whatever thought comes, whatever it is, even the thought of meditation: stop. Discover the source of these thoughts: “I have to meditate, I have to be free, I need freedom”. Keep quiet and wait. Find out from where these thoughts are coming. Return back to the source of these same thoughts and tell me what you ...
Do not resist any more
Papa ji says : "I can only suggest to you that when the fear comes that is what is happening, so let it come. Hug this fear, don't reject it. Hug it and kiss it. If fear comes when you are happy it is a past habit that has been showing up, a dormant tendency of the mind. All that ...
Do not waste a single moment
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche says : "Never forget how swiftly this life will be over, like a flash of summer lightning or the wave of a hand. Now that you have the opportunity to practice dharma, do not waste a single moment on anything else." ...
Don’t seek the truth
Anthony De Mello says : "As the Japanese Zen masters say: “Don’t seek the truth; just drop your opinions.” Drop your theories; don’t seek the truth. Truth isn’t something you search for. If you stop being opinionated, you would know." ...
Every experience in life can make you either bitter or better
Swami Chinmayananda says : "Every experience in life can make you either bitter or better. You have to make the choice." ...
Everything is your Guru
Papa ji says : "Everything is your Guru; rocks teach you Silence, trees teach you compassion, and the breeze teaches you non-attachment. You can have many gurus, and lecturers and psychologists, but the Satguru Is One. How to meet this master? With no ego. Satguru is within your own Self and nowhere else. Your Satguru dwells in your Heart and ...
For all thoughts the source is the ‘I-thought’
Ramana Maharishi says : "For all thoughts the source is the ‘I-thought’. The mind will merge only by Self-enquiry ‘Who am I?’ The thought ‘Who am l?’ will destroy all other thoughts and finally kill itself also. If other thoughts arise, without trying to complete them, one must enquire to whom did this thought arise. What does it matter how ...
From Deepak Chopra
Deepak Chopra says : "Fear is the memory of pain. Addiction is the memory of pleasure. Freedom is beyond both." Deepak Chopra says : "Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It is a way of entering into the quiet that is already there – buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day." Deepak ...
From Swami Chinmayananda
Swami Chinmayananda says : "Every activity of every person is only to satisfy the mind. The mind is the commander. The mind is the king. If the mind is happy, I am happy. If the mind is unhappy, I am unhappy. My entire life is dependent upon my mind... But how very few of us know it!" Swami Krishnananda says ...
From Thich Nhat Hanh
Thich Nhat Hanh says : "And once we have the condition of peace and joy in us, we can afford to be in any situation. Even in the situation of hell, we will be able to contribute our peace and serenity. The most important thing is for each of us to have some freedom in our heart, some stability in ...
Give it up
Mooji says : "It is almost as though your mind will not give up unless you give the mind up, in a sense. When I say 'give it up', I mean to give up who are you are in your mind -- you have to give up. Otherwise, you will speak different things but you will not change inside,you will ...
Good and evil are useless discriminations
Song Chol says : "Good and evil are useless discriminations and so it follows that even though the Devil and Buddha have different names, they are one and the same. Consequently, to merely forgive an evildoer and not respect him as buddha means that you do not comprehend his true nature. It's as if the evildoer is a person in ...
Greatest yearning devotion
H.H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche says : "The practitioner who has the greatest yearning devotion receives the greatest blessing. Even though rain falls evenly over the land, it is only where perfect seeds are properly cultivated and ready to sprout that a plant grows." ...
Grief
Anthony De Mello says : "We never feel grief when we lose something that we have allowed to be free, that we have never attempted to possess. Grief is a sign that I made happiness depend on this thing or a person, at least to some extent. We’re so accustomed to hear the opposite of this that what I say ...
Habits of the mind
CONVERSATIONS WITH ANNAMALAI SWAMI says : "Q: You talk a lot about vasanas. Could you please tell me exactly what they are and how they function? AS: Vasanas are habits of the mind. They are the mistaken identifications and the repeated thought patterns that occur again and again. It is the vasanas which cover up the experience of the Self ...
How can one learn not to react when vasanas arise in the mind?
CONVERSATIONS WITH ANNAMALAI SWAMI says : "Q: How can one learn not to react when vasanas arise in the mind? Is there anything special that we should be looking out for? AS: You must learn to recognize them when they arise. That is the only way. If you can catch them early enough and frequently enough they will not cause ...
How does the mirror “manage” it’s reflections?
Jackson Peterson says : "How does the mirror "manage" it's reflections? Yet in its complete absence of any form of management, it always remains unchanged and pristine. It doesn't even "allow" or "accept" the reflections. It has no method at all. Why think awareness needs some "approach" or "method" to handle the fleeting appearances that come and go within its ...
How we see people and things?
Anthony De Mello says : "We see people and things not as they are, but as we are." ...
I am
ANNAMALAI SWAMI says : "Hold on to the ‘I am’, they are the true Guru’s feet that will never go away as they are eternal. Meditate ‘I am’, if you do this the idea that you are the body will go. Sadhana is a battlefield, constantly affirming ‘I am’ will act like an armor and protect you from the arrows ...
