The Spectrum of Consciousness Quotes

“Man, the mask of God,”
― Ken Wilber, The Spectrum of Consciousness

“This present moment, since it knows neither past nor future, is itself timeless, and that which is timeless is Eternal. Thus “the eternal life belongs to those who live in the present.”
― Ken Wilber, The Spectrum of Consciousness

“Buddhist discipline is designed to transmute trishna, or egoic narcissism, into Karuna, Divine Narcissism; that is, to transmute self-love, which excludes love of others, into Self-love, which is love of others.”
― Ken Wilber, The Spectrum of Consciousness

“Eternity is not ever-lasting time but the real, unfading, indestructible, and timeless Present, for, as Schroedinger said, the present is the only thing that has no end.”
― Ken Wilber, The Spectrum of Consciousness

“Thought is sequential, successive, one-dimensional, while the real world presents itself as a multidimensional, non-successive, simultaneous pattern of infinite richness and variety; and trying to make the one grasp the other is like trying to appreciate a beautiful landscape by looking through a narrow slit in a fence or trying to take in a Renoir painting by microscope alone.”
― Ken Wilber, The Spectrum of Consciousness

“Spirit first “throws itself outward” to get “lost” in the manifest world of maya (Hegel called it “Spirit in its otherness” or “alienated Spirit”). Spirit then begins the slow and tortuous return to Itself, finally to awaken as Itself. Spirit is never actually “lost”; it is all a grand play (lila).”
― Ken Wilber, The Spectrum of Consciousness