No Path to Enlightenment Quotes

“You may be seeking answers, but if you assume this will be a journey of self-discovery, you should know that there is no journey being taken and no Self to discover.”
― Colin McMorran, No Path to Enlightenment: The I before I am - exposing the illusion of your Self

“by noticing how the Self reacts to the world we can come to realise it is our attachment to thoughts – not the thoughts themselves – that creates the Self and leads to our suffering.”
― Colin McMorran, No Path to Enlightenment: The I before I am - exposing the illusion of your Self

“stillness exists between the words and behind the concepts: it is what is absent, what is left unspoken.”
― Colin McMorran, No Path to Enlightenment: The I before I am - exposing the illusion of your Self

“Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity Voltaire.”
― Colin McMorran, No Path to Enlightenment: The I before I am - exposing the illusion of your Self

“Self-enquiry is about less, not more. It is about taking away, not adding to – about the absence of things, not the addition of more things.”
― Colin McMorran, No Path to Enlightenment: The I before I am - exposing the illusion of your Self

“so you stumble from one crisis to another in a reactive and programmed way until the problems become your life and your life becomes a problem.”
― Colin McMorran, No Path to Enlightenment: The I before I am - exposing the illusion of your Self

“In the measurement world, we set a goal and strive to achieve it. In the universe of possibility, we set the context and let life unfold Benjamin Zander.”
― Colin McMorran, No Path to Enlightenment: The I before I am - exposing the illusion of your Self

“there is nothing you need to do or achieve, and no action you need to take, because there is no individual Self at your core. If this is realised - not just intellectually understood but experienced at the deepest level, then a falling away will occur in which being-ness simply happens, unfiltered by the conditioned mind. Life will then be laid bare. What remains will blossom naturally and unfold with a simple grace and beauty unencumbered and untouched by any preconceived notions of what life is or how it should be lived. Life will flow as naturally as breathing, requiring neither effort nor willpower. Those living this Truth will not benefit personally; the experience will not be theirs because it does not become part of the egoic Self. However, there will be indescribable peace out of which apparent actions arise and through which day-to-day life happens – the difference being you witness life unfolding in front of you, rather than buying into the stressful illusion that you control things.”
― Colin McMorran, No Path to Enlightenment: The I before I am - exposing the illusion of your Self

“As you read on you may have certain expectations, hoping for an intoxicating mixture of insights and truths, or perhaps a new perspective on life that could lead to a personal transformation ‒ a desire to rise above everyday concerns, easing your pain and suffering. Perhaps even a chance to win that elusive golden ticket to Enlightenment. First, you must come to understand as I did that chasing these goals from within the illusion takes you further from them. Such dualistic thinking simply buys into the illusion. There is already a deep peace waiting to be discovered here and now, all that is required is a shift in perspective that allows you to see through the illusion.”
― Colin McMorran, No Path to Enlightenment: The I before I am - exposing the illusion of your Self