Quotes about Existence

Finally, the Kingdom of God could never be one thing. It had to serve too many purposes and was entangled in too many aspects of traditional religion. I think the only way to solve the riddles posed by the Kingdom of God is to say that God exists in different places depending on your level of consciousness. This becomes critical on the spiritual path, because as your own awareness shifts, God does, too.

The source of all creation is pure consciousness … pure potentiality seeking expression from the unmanifest to the manifest.

The past is history, the future is a mystery, and this moment is a gift. That is why this moment is called the 'present.

The field of pure potentiality is your own Self.

As this life evaporated before his eyes, Siddhartha felt a shiver, as if someone had ripped off his winter coat and left him naked in the cold. But he wasn't naked, and far from dead. Instead of the mask of images and memories, surrounding him on every side was something pure and free: life itself. He couldn't remember who he was. There was nothing left of his fears and dreams, nothing to do, nothing to want. He was simply alive, the breath of the breath, the eye of the eye.

A prominent rabbi sent Einstein an exasperated telegram: "Do you believe in God? Stop. Answer paid. Fifty words." Einstein replied, "I believe in Spinoza's God, who reveals himself in the lawful harmony of all that exists, but not in a God who concerns himself with the fate and the doings of mankind.

If God exists and we are made in his image we can have real meaning, and we can have real knowledge through what he has communicated to us.

Knowledge of that which concerns us infinitely is possible only in an attitude of infinite concern.

Whether you know the shape of a pebble or the structure of a solar system, the anxioms remain the same: that it exists and that you know it.

We are the products of a highly intelligent and creative supreme being.

The self-discovery of your inherent leadership potential and an understanding of who you are and what you are meant to be are the keys to fulfilling your purpose from existence as a leader.

The life of the body is the soul; the life of the soul is God.