Enlightenment Quotes - Page 16

• The question rather is how we should do science and theology in light of the impending collapse of Enlightenment rationalism and scientific naturalism. These ideologies are on the way out. They are on the way out.

  William A. Dembski

  Light, Way, Should

  William A. Dembski (2002). “Intelligent Design: The Bridge Between Science & Theology”, p.14, InterVarsity Press

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• Whether or not enlightenment is possible at the moment of death, the practices that prepare one for this possibility also bring one closer to the bone of life.

  Joan Halifax

  Practice, Bones, Moments

  Joan Halifax (2009). “Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death”, p.132, Shambhala Publications

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• Pray to God with tears in your eyes whenever you want illumination or find yourself faced with any doubt or difficulty. The Lord will remove all your impurities, assuage your mental anguish, and give you enlightenment.

  Sarada Devi

  Eye, Illumination, Giving

  "Sri Sarada Devi, the Holy Mother; Life and Conversations". Book by Swami Nikhilananda, August 31, 2004.

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• Select companions who are striving for enlightenment. They all have their imperfections, certainly, but at least their attention is moving in the right direction.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhist, Moving, Buddhism

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• In America people have this funny idea about enlightenment and money. Money expresses a level of commitment. Studying enlightenment is like going to a university.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhist, Commitment, Buddhism

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• In the spiritual search doubt is beneficial, a closed mind is not. Doubt used wisely assists enlightenment; a closed mind assists ignorance.

  Ian Gardner

  Spiritual, Ignorance, Doubt

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• I believe that one of the most important properties of a work of art is an attempt to reconcile opposites, and in their fusion to achieve a 'wholeness' or 'oneness,' the experiencing of which should be revelatory - both for the artist and the spectator - something akin to the experience of enlightenment in terms of religion.

  Douglas Portway

  Art, Believe, Opposites

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• The pseudoscience of astrology has no place in magick. Astrology has already died twice: once with the classical gods, and a second time after the Enlightenment. The complete failure of contemporary psychology to create anything other than a vocabulary of intellectual rubbish has encouraged astrology to resurface.

  Peter J. Carroll

  Vocabulary, Astrology, Psychology

  "Psybermagick: Advanced Ideas in Chaos Magick: Revised Edition". Book by Peter J. Carroll, 1995.

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• The point of recapitulation in the first movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony unleashes one of the most horrifyingly violent episodes in the history of music....The point is not to hold up Beethoven as exceptionally monstrous. The Ninth Symphony is probably our most compelling articulation in music of the contradictory impulses that have organized patriarchal culture since the Enlightenment. Moreover, within the parameters of his own musical compositions, he may be heard as enacting a critique of narrative obligations that is...devestating.

  Susan McClary

  Symphony, Musical, Firsts

  "Feminine Endings: Music, Gender, and Sexuality". Book by Susan McClary, 1991.

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• I am a humble adherent of...Enlightenment Rationalist Fundamentalism.

  Ernest Gellner

  Humble, Fundamentalism

  "Postmodernism, Reason and Religion". Book by Ernest Gellner, 1992.

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• Still - and for all Obama's heavy hinting to the contrary - Islam has no "human rights." The ideas of individual rights and the dignity of man are distinctly Western, an outgrowth of the Enlightenment. And while dialogue is dignified; dhimmitude is not, even if it achieves a desired, if temporary, effect.

  Ilana Mercer

  Men, Rights, Ideas

  "B. Hussein in History Wonderland" by Ilana Mercer, www.ilanamercer.com. August 21, 2009.

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• The liberals of the eighteenth century, guided by the ideas of natural law and of the Enlightenment, demanded for everyone equality of political and civil rights... Nothing, however, is as ill-founded as the assertion of the alleged equality of all members of the human race.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Rights, Race, Law

  Ludwig von Mises (2016). “Liberalism: The Classical Tradition: The Economist”, p.14, VM eBooks

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• More men will continue to attain enlightenment than women, unless women change their use of the second attention.

  Frederick Lenz

  Women, Attention, Use

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• What is enlightenment, anyway? I don't know if I can really put it into words, perhaps you can. I can't.

  Frederick Lenz

  Knows, Ifs, I Can

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• If you seek enlightenment, then career is a very important idea on your agenda. Approach your career from this standpoint and you will have a very different career. You will be successful.

  Frederick Lenz

  Success, Buddhism, Careers

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• What matters is that you meditate, you're seeking enlightenment, you're on the pathway to enlightenment, and you're having fun. Don't look for reassurance in the eyes of others. Look for reassurance in your own eyes. Only you know if Buddhist practice is improving the quality of your life.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhist, Fun, Eye

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• Don't care what anybody says about enlightenment, except the enlightened and those who seek it.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhist, Buddhism, Care

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• Put the mind in alignment with the ten thousand radiances of enlightenment and experience them in various gradations forever. That's the total purpose of a monk.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhist, Buddhism, Forever

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• Perhaps enlightenment, technology and secularism haven't cleared Europe of the oldest science of all - the occult.

  Adam Nevill

  Technology, Europe, Occult

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• Use career to develop yourself. Have fun with it. Dedicate your activities and your career, to eternity, and to enlightenment.

  Frederick Lenz

  Success, Fun, Buddhism

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• Your intent is important. You will pull a very deep power when you are working not just for yourself, but you are working for your enlightenment and to aid others in their enlightenment.

  Frederick Lenz

  Success, Buddhism, Careers

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• Who wants to be stuck in being religious and being spiritual either? That's not freedom. You've just exchanged handcuffs for leg irons - which doesn't mean that you should avoid enlightenment.

  Frederick Lenz

  Spiritual, Religious, Mean

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• Enlightenment has nothing to do with being spiritual. Being spiritual is just an idea - it's another ring of perception.

  Frederick Lenz

  Spiritual, Ideas, Perception

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• Personal power is the reflection of a person of knowledge. A person of knowledge, an enlightened person, a person even close to enlightenment, has a great deal of personal power.

  Frederick Lenz

  Reflection, Gaining Power, Enlightened

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• Enlightenment is a group activity.

  Charles Eisenstein

  Groups, Activity

  Charles Eisenstein (2013). “The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible”, p.27, North Atlantic Books

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