20 Transformational Truths
from Sages Throughout the Ages
By Paul Lenda
Throughout
the ages, there have been many who have had gotten a taste of incredibly
mesmerizing higher states of consciousness. Rather than keep their experiential knowledge and wisdom
about the higher and deeper elements of existence to themselves they spread the
word to others, be it through spoken word, written works, or other methods.
Thanks
to the sages, luminaries, spiritual teachers, thinkers and every-day people who
had and shared their enlightening experience, we can ignite the light of
expanded awareness of the higher and deeper aspects of the human experience and
existence itself, within ourselves. When the future looks bleak and the
motivation to excel and advance seems pointless, we can look to those who have
lived and are still alive who possess that inner wisdom, realized through their
own personal experiences of an enlightened state of awareness.
The
transformational truths that such guiding lights to humanity express to us can
raise our level of hope once more to the domain of energy that makes us more
proactive. Reignited excitement and passion can drive us closer to the
successes we imagined and dreamed would come true. We are all capable of
incredible feats
Ask
yourself: is your state of mind stopping you from realizing that ‘realized
life’ success story that you undoubtedly played within your head so many times
before? Don’t let it stay a dream, let it become a reality. Living in the
21st century of our archaic timeline, we have the amazing opportunity to taste
such consciousness-shifting words of wisdom.
Today
we will take a look at 20 such enlightening truths from sages throughout the
ages. Allow these timeless words nourish your mind, heart and soul.
Transformational
Truth 1: Albert Einstein
A
human being is a part of a whole, called by us a universe, a part limited in
time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something
separated from the rest … a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This
delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and
to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free
ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all
living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
~ Albert Einstein
Transformational
Truth 2: The Digha Nikaya
You
should be an island to yourself, a refuge to yourself, not dependent on any
other but taking refuge in the truth and none other than the truth. And how do
you become an island and a refuge to yourself? In this way. You see and
contemplate your body as composed of all the forces of the universe. Ardently
and mindfully you steer your body-self by restraining your discontent with the
world about you. In the same way, observe and contemplate your feelings and use
that same ardent restraint and self-possession against enslavement by greed or
desire. By seeing attachment to your body and feelings as blocking the truth,
you dwell in self-possession and ardent liberation from those ties. This is how
you live as an island to yourself and a refuge to yourself. Whoever dwells in
this contemplation, islanded by the truth and taking refuge in the truth–that
one will come out of the darkness and into the light.
~ The Digha Nikaya
Transformational
Truth 3: Unknown
“Life
is what you make it,” this is very true. Find beauty and magic in all things, and
the Love that sees you through. When you look at the world where you live, seek
not your gain, but what you can give.
When a man is poor, and hungers, and thirsts, serve not yourself til you serve
this man first. When a man is down and seeks shelter from cold, give him
shelter. You’ll receive blessings untold.
Live
by the Golden Rule: Do
unto others as you’d have done unto you. And always remember: When you destroy,
you destroy a part of you, too.
Life is what you make of it!
~ Unknown
Transformational
Truth 4: Carlos Castaneda
Loving
this world, seeing the beauty in everything. Appreciating every moment as a
beautiful, wholly contained, pearl of eternal nature, this is the world to me.
A
never ending string of pearls…. every moment is in and of it’s self a life
time, and when we have affection and let ourselves experience life without
expectation… that is when the majesty of the world opens her petals to us… And
welcomes us home.
~ Carlos Castaneda
Transformational
Truth 5: Max Heindel
We
may liken truth to a mountain, and the various interpretations of that truth to
different paths leading up to the summit. Many people are traveling along all
of these paths and every one, while he is at the bottom, thinks his path is the
only one; he sees only a small part of the mountain, and may therefore be
justified in crying to his brothers, “You are wrong! Come over to my path; this
is the only one that leads to the top.” But as all these people progress
upward, they will see that the paths converge at the top and that they are all
one in the ultimate.
Transformational
Truth 6: Nisargadatta Maharaj
Stop
attributing names and shapes to the essentially nameless and formless, realize
that every mode of perception is subjective, that what is seen or heard,
touched or smelled, felt or thought,expected or imagined, is in the mind and
not in reality, and you will experience peace and freedom from fear.
Transformational
Truth 7: Gautama Buddha
Do
not believe anything because it is said by an authority, or if it is said to
come from angels, or from gods, or from an inspired source.
Believe
it only if you have explored it in your own heart and mind and body and found
it to be true.
Work
out your own path, through diligence.
~ Gautama Buddha
Transformational
Truth 8: Osho
Every
man has his woman within him and every woman has her man within her. Only the
meditator comes to know his whole being. Suddenly his inner woman and the inner
man melt and merge into each other. That creates an orgasmic state in him. Now
it is no more a momentary experience that comes and goes; it is something that
continues, day in and day out, like the heart beating or breathing.
Transformational
Truth 9: Lao Tzu
When
you find the way
Others
will find you Passing by on the road
They
will be drawn to your door
The
way that cannot be heard will be reflected in your voice
The
way that cannot be seen
Will
be reflected in your eyes
~ Lao Tzu
Transformational
Truth 10: John Gray
When
we experience the pain of another person, we instinctively want to take away
that pain. But by taking away the other person’s pain, we also take away his or
her opportunity to grow. To be truly compassionate, we must be able to share
another person’s suffering and pain — knowing there is nothing we can do to
relieve it and that we are not responsible for it, and yet knowing and
understanding what that pain feels like.
Transformational
Truth 11: David J. Lieberman
How
people see the world is often a reflection of how they see themselves. If they
think that the world is just a cesspool of lies and deceit, then they
themselves may be full of lies and deceit. Watch out for those people who are
always telling you just how corrupt the rest of the world is. As the saying
goes, “It takes one to know one.”
~ David J. Lieberman
Transformational
Truth 12: Lao Tzu
Throw
away holiness and wisdom, and people will be a hundred times happier.
Throw
away morality and justice, and people will do the right thing.
Throw away industry and profit, and there
won’t be any thieves.
If
these three aren’t enough, just stay at the center of the circle and let all
things take their course
~ Lao Tzu
Transformational
Truth 13: Terence McKenna
Ego
is a structure that is erected by a neurotic individual who is a member of a
neurotic culture against the facts of the matter. And culture, which we put on
like an overcoat, is the collectivized consensus about what sort of neurotic
behaviors are acceptable.
Transformational
Truth 14: Ghandi
Keep
your thoughts positive, because your thoughts become your words.
Keep
your words positive, because your words become your behaviors.
Keep
your behaviors positive, because your behaviors become your habits.
Keep
your habits positive, because your habits become your values.
Keep
your values positive, because your values become your destiny.
Transformational
Truth 15: Franz Hartmann
All
the forms of Life in the Universe may be looked upon as being manifestations of
the One and Universal Principle of Life in various forms; the whole of the
Cosmos, being a product of the Universal Mind, may be regarded as universal,
absolute consciousness becoming relative in separate forms. The universal consciousness
of the Universal Mind forms spiritual centres of consciousness in living
beings, whereby each being may feel and know its surroundings; and as the kind
of living beings expands, their consciousness and power of sensation and
perception expand with it; for all their powers belong to the mind and not to
the body: the latter without the mind is merely a form without life.
~ Franz Hartmann
Transformational Truth 16: Bettie Eadie
If
we understood the power of our thoughts, we would guard them more closely.
If
we understood the awesome power of our words, we would prefer silence to almost
anything negative.
In
our thoughts and words we create our own weaknesses and our own strengths.
Our
limitations and joys begin in our hearts.
We
can always replace negative with positive.
Transformational
Truth 17: Huang Po
Since
time without beginning, the nature of Awakened Mind and Emptiness has consisted
of the same, absolute non-duality of no birth or death, no existence or
non-existence, no purity or impurity, no movement or stillness, no young or
old, no inside or outside, no shape and form, no sound and color. Neither
striving nor searching, one should not use intellect to understand nor words to
express Awakened Mind. One should not think that it is a place or things, name
or form. One should not think that it is a place or things, name or form. Only
then is it realized that all Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and sentient beings possess
the same natural state of great Nirvana.
Transformational Truth 18: Dalai Lama
As
human beings we all want to be happy and free from misery. We have learned that
the key to happiness is inner peace. The greatest obstacles to inner peace are
disturbing emotions such as anger and attachment, fear and suspicion, while
love and compassion, a sense of universal responsibility are the sources of
peace and happiness.
Transformational
Truth 19: John Lennon
There
are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull
back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with
passion, excitement, and acceptance. We need to learn to love ourselves first,
in all our glory and our imperfections. If we cannot love ourselves, we cannot
fully open to our ability to love others or our potential to create. Evolution
and all hopes for a better world rest in the fearlessness and open-hearted
vision of people who embrace life.
Transformational
Truth 20: Sarah Ban Breathnach
Greet
everyone you meet with a warm smile, no matter how busy you are.
Don’t
rush encounters with coworkers, family and friends.
Speak
softly. Listen attentively.
Act
as if every conversation you have is the most important thing on your mind
today.
Look
your children and your partner in the eyes when they talk to you.
Stroke
the cat, caress the dog.
Lavish
love on every living being you meet.
See
how different you feel at the end of the day.
~ Sarah Ban Breathnach
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