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Candide (Paperback)
by (shelved 88 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 3.76 — 305,070 ratings — published 1759
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment (Paperback)
by (shelved 78 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 4.15 — 460,564 ratings — published 1997
Siddhartha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 4.08 — 891,554 ratings — published 1922
The Social Contract (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 3.78 — 58,788 ratings — published 1762
A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 4.17 — 221,965 ratings — published 2005
The Enlightenment, Volume 1: The Rise of Modern Paganism (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 4.14 — 432 ratings — published 1966
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 4.19 — 532,196 ratings — published 1997
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,641,942 ratings — published 1988
Critique of Pure Reason (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 3.96 — 43,123 ratings — published 1781
Radical Enlightenment: Philosophy and the Making of Modernity 1650-1750 (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 4.18 — 405 ratings — published 2001
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 3.94 — 22,632 ratings — published 1748
Two Treatises of Government (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 3.87 — 19,707 ratings — published 1689
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 4.37 — 901,873 ratings — published 1946
Meditations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 4.28 — 361,965 ratings — published 180
Leviathan (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 3.70 — 53,794 ratings — published 1651
Tao Te Ching (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 4.29 — 184,821 ratings — published -350
Gulliver’s Travels (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 3.59 — 301,421 ratings — published 1726
Robinson Crusoe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 3.68 — 334,262 ratings — published 1719
The Enlightenment: The Pursuit of Happiness 1680-1790 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 4.27 — 818 ratings — published 2020
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 4.19 — 32,705 ratings — published 2018
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 3.89 — 35,241 ratings — published 1776
A Treatise of Human Nature (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 3.95 — 12,778 ratings — published 1739
The Spirit of the Laws (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 3.98 — 5,425 ratings — published 1748
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 3.86 — 17,311 ratings — published 1690
Discourse on the Origin of Inequality (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 3.79 — 19,214 ratings — published 1755
The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 4.20 — 147,970 ratings — published 2007
Confessions (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 3.60 — 9,215 ratings — published 1773
The Secret Gospel of Jesus, AD 0-78 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 19 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 4.66 — 68 ratings — published 2020
The Enlightenment, Volume 2: The Science of Freedom (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 4.07 — 187 ratings — published 1969
Reflections on the Revolution in France (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 3.74 — 7,393 ratings — published 1790
An Answer to the Question: What Is Enlightenment? (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 3.83 — 3,210 ratings — published 1784
The Crisis of the European Mind (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 4.04 — 353 ratings — published 1935
Dialectic of Enlightenment: Philosophical Fragments (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 4.11 — 8,320 ratings — published 1947
Letters on England (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 3.66 — 2,850 ratings — published 1733
The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 4.18 — 84,628 ratings — published 1994
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 3.83 — 23,043 ratings — published 1785
Philosophical Dictionary (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 4.06 — 2,286 ratings — published 1764
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 3.96 — 6,135 ratings — published 1779
The Philosophy of the Enlightenment (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 4.11 — 258 ratings — published 1932
Second Treatise of Government (Hackett Classics)
by (shelved 16 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 3.78 — 24,391 ratings — published 1689
Jacques the Fatalist (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 3.79 — 9,854 ratings — published 1796
The Nun (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 3.75 — 9,068 ratings — published 1796
Common Sense (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 4.00 — 40,191 ratings — published 1776
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 3.92 — 27,378 ratings — published 1792
The Secret (The Secret, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 3.74 — 539,247 ratings — published 2006
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 3.86 — 1,441,156 ratings — published 2016
The Dream of Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Philosophy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,373 ratings — published 2016
Enlightenment Contested: Philosophy, Modernity, and the Emancipation of Man 1670-1752 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 4.30 — 105 ratings — published 2006
The Age of Reason (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 4.12 — 9,482 ratings — published 1794
Les liaisons dangereuses (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 4.05 — 59,769 ratings — published 1782
“Om is not just a sound or vibration. It is not just a symbol. It is the entire cosmos, whatever we can see, touch, hear and feel. Moreover, it is all that is within our perception and all that is beyond our perception. It is the core of our very existence. If you think of Om only as a sound, a technique or a symbol of the Divine, you will miss it altogether. Om is the mysterious cosmic energy that is the substratum of all the things and all the beings of the entire universe. It is an eternal song of the Divine. It is continuously resounding in silence on the background of everything that exists.”
― Om Chanting and Meditation
― Om Chanting and Meditation
“I'm simply saying that there is a way to be sane. I'm saying that you can get rid of all this insanity created by the past in you. Just by being a simple witness of your thought processes.
It is simply sitting silently, witnessing the thoughts, passing before you. Just witnessing, not interfering not even judging, because the moment you judge you have lost the pure witness. The moment you say “this is good, this is bad,” you have already jumped onto the thought process.
It takes a little time to create a gap between the witness and the mind. Once the gap is there, you are in for a great surprise, that you are not the mind, that you are the witness, a watcher.
And this process of watching is the very alchemy of real religion. Because as you become more and more deeply rooted in witnessing, thoughts start disappearing. You are, but the mind is utterly empty.
That’s the moment of enlightenment. That is the moment that you become for the first time an unconditioned, sane, really free human being.”
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It is simply sitting silently, witnessing the thoughts, passing before you. Just witnessing, not interfering not even judging, because the moment you judge you have lost the pure witness. The moment you say “this is good, this is bad,” you have already jumped onto the thought process.
It takes a little time to create a gap between the witness and the mind. Once the gap is there, you are in for a great surprise, that you are not the mind, that you are the witness, a watcher.
And this process of watching is the very alchemy of real religion. Because as you become more and more deeply rooted in witnessing, thoughts start disappearing. You are, but the mind is utterly empty.
That’s the moment of enlightenment. That is the moment that you become for the first time an unconditioned, sane, really free human being.”
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