The Essence of Enlightenment Quotes

“The ultimate ground of awareness that makes it possible to have the dualistic experiences such as the pleasant and unpleasant along with the whole spectrum of gradations in between is beyond being entangled while providing a framework on which such a play happens.”
― Raj Reddy, The Essence of Enlightenment: Comprehensive Guide to Self-inquiry and Enlightenment

“Though in essence there's nothing new under the Sun when it comes to journey of the five senses, each new generation brings its own quirks to challenge the cultural norms with newfound enthusiasm in an otherwise repetitive age old routines.”
― Raj Reddy, The Essence of Enlightenment: Comprehensive Guide to Self-inquiry and Enlightenment

“What the universe has in store for you is destiny which happens to be your own account of past deeds. One has the option to modulate the expression of destiny with freewill within the boundaries of broader evolutionary framework. If the evolutionary path is deterministic, there is no need for the universe to take the trouble in projecting such an elaborate manifestation.”
― Raj Reddy, The Essence of Enlightenment: Comprehensive Guide to Self-inquiry and Enlightenment

“Enlightenment is like waking up from a dream. Good news is if it's a bad dream, it's over. Bad news is that it's over, even if it's a good one. Overall it should be good news considering the state of affairs that one encounters in a condition of darkness.”
― Raj Reddy, The Essence of Enlightenment: Comprehensive Guide to Self-inquiry and Enlightenment

“Imagine an expedition where no maps or clues are provided to you initially but you are on your own discovering and/or creating them to chart and make sense of the whole journey. That's the life in a sentence.”
― Raj Reddy, The Essence of Enlightenment: Comprehensive Guide to Self-inquiry and Enlightenment

“Existential angst of an unexamined life is akin to the travails of a weary traveler who keeps traveling without a lasting destination or overall purpose of why one is traveling while being caught in a cyclical spell of seeking one more destination that might look like the be all and end all.”
― Raj Reddy, The Essence of Enlightenment: Comprehensive Guide to Self-inquiry and Enlightenment