Quanawi: Perfect Man is the bridge, the mirror, without which nothing of the cosmos would receive the divine energy of joyful union, because of the lack of interpenetration.  

 

Meister Eckhart: The eye with which I see God is the very eye with which God sees me.

 

Zen master Sokei-An: The Buddha said that there is a mirror that reflects consciousness … The one who sees, and the one who hears, is not this eye or ear, but the one who is this consciousness. This One is Buddha and appears in every mind. This One is common to all sentient beings and is God.

 

Rainer Maria Rilke: Immortality? I believe that nothing that is real can pass away. But I believe that many people are not real.  (Letter to Ellen Key, 1904)

 

Rodney Collin: I think the sense of the complete unimportance of all one’s personal life and personal psychology is the key to entry into relation with higher worlds. 

 

Bernard of Clairvaux: A time will come when the shadows will wane and entirely fade away. With the advance of dawn, a vision as clear as it is everlasting will steal upon the Bride. 

 

Dogen: If you stand beyond opinions, you bring forth Awakening. If not, you take a wrong step and miss what’s there. 

 

Gurdjieff: Death must come before rebirth. But what must die? False confidence in one’s own knowledge, self- love and egoism.

 

Gurdjieff: Liberation is the aim of all schools, all religions, at all times. This liberation can indeed be very great. All men desire it and strive after it. But it cannot be attained without the first liberation, a lesser liberation. The great liberation is liberation from influences outside us. The lesser liberation is liberation from influences within us. 

 

Rumi: People are going back and forth
where the two worlds touch.
The door is round and open.
Don’t go back to sleep.