Quotes about Awakening

No great spiritual event befalls those who do not summon it.

One of the most sublime experiences we can ever have is to wake up feeling healthy after we have been sick.

That a new humanity will be brought forth from this Christ consciousness in each person.

Grace creates liberated laughter. The grace of God...is beautiful, and it radiates joy and awakens humor.

Upon awakening, let the words Thank You flow from your lips, for this will remind you to begin your day with gratitude and compassion.

You are not condemned for anything, but you are also not excused from anything. See these two ideas together at the same time, and a powerful third force for self-awakening is created.

The bottom line of the Gospel is that most of us have to hit some kind of bottom before we even start the real spiritual journey.

People who have been initiated broke through in what felt like breaking down.

Sacramental listening reminds us that current suffering isn't the end of the story. God loves us deeply, and the vision for the future is vaster and more magnificent than we could ever imagine. In these moments of profound human presence, we are awakened to the divine presence and see that the kingdom of God is coming and yet is already here.

The biblical revelation is about awakening, not accomplishing. It is about realization and not performance principles.

In Paul's story we find the archetypal spiritual pattern, wherein people move from what they thought they always knew to what they now fully recognize. The pattern reveals itself earlier in the Torah when Jacob "wakes from his sleep" on the rock at Bethel and says, in effect, "I found it, but it was here all the time! This is the very gate of heaven" (Genesis 28:16—17).

Religion, at its best, helps people to bring this foundational divine love into ever-increasing consciousness. In other words, it's more about waking up than about cleaning up.