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"Infinite worlds appear and disappear in the vast expanse of my own consciousness, and like motes of dust dancing in a heaven of light."
Ancient Vedic Saying

"The hero, whether a god or goddess, man or woman, the figure in a myth or the dreamer of a dream, discovers and assimilates his opposite (his own unsuspected self.)  One by one the resistances are broken. He must put aside his pride, his virtue, beauty, and life, and bow or submit to the absolutely intolerable.  Then he finds that he and his opposite are not differing species, but one flesh."
Joseph Campbell

" 'Faith is blind,' say people who are not acquainted with the real thing; but those who are in a spiritual understanding know that faith has open eyes, that certain things do exist in Spirit and become substantial and real to one who dwells and thinks and lives in faith. Such a one knows."
Charles Fillmore

"The whole of existence is imagination within imagination, while Being is God alone."
IBN' ARABI

"If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything; it is open to everything.  In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities; in the expert's mind there are few."
Shunryu Suzuki

"In fact it is dubious that one can even speak of "experiencing" reality, since this would imply a separation between the experiencer and the experience."
Chogyam Trungpa

"As is the atom, so is the universe."
Upanishads

"Gaining enlightenment is like the moon reflected on the water.  The moon doesn't get wet; the water isn't broken.  Although its light is broad and great, the moon is reflected even in a puddle an inch wide.  The whole moon and the whole sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass."
Dogen Zenji