Character Quotes

Your nature is peace and happiness. Thoughts are the obstacles to realization. A thought must be quelled as soon as is arises. Whenever a thought arises, do not be carried away with it. ~ Sri Ramana Maharshi

“Searching for truth can be deadly, for what dies is the illusion of our experience.” ~ Chris W Metz

"No more searching will instill what you recognize as peace. Yet search you do high and low, in books and through a screen, looking, seeking for something which cannot be seen. With you all along it has been, by way of the ego it cannot be found. One must humble themselves, taking off the ego's crown.
Recognize those who possess it, instead of beating them down. Perhaps if you would listen, the answer would surround you. You seek an ideal of something, but your thoughts betray it, criticizing and judging, as if to slay exactly what you seek. Go ahead and keep looking, but what you cannot see in another,
will not be found within yourself, eluding you forever." ~ Chris W Metz

"I have nothing but love in me. I know not of anger, judgment or hate.  What I am lights the darkness and guides others into the light,
so they too may become a torch unto themselves." ~ Chris W Metz

“The only beliefs that should be held on to are those of truth. What is truth? Truth is the realization we are all connected, we are all one, and in that oneness there is nothing but love. That is a truth that many will find hard to come to, but it is the ultimate truth and belief that we should aspire to know. In this oneness we release each other from the hell like illusion of physical life, we eliminate the space between and recognize each other as family. As in most families there is nothing that we wouldn’t do for each other. This is the ultimate reality and it is the attainment of heaven on earth.” ~ Chris W Metz, The Road Out Of The Abyss

“If we were to realize we are on a journey by which the final destination is the physical death of our body, we might ask ourselves what path we are following and why we are on such a path. Following the path of spirituality and love through life leads to the realization the death of our body does not mark the end of our path.” ~ Chris W Metz

In just one day, your world can change. The light of just one day’s sunrise can illuminate the hidden world that exists within each of us. Just one day’s sunrise can illuminate an idea which can change our lives and the entire world around us. Just one day’s sunshine is all it takes to illuminate a beauty there all along. I wish to be that ray of light in your life. Someday all it will take is “one day.” ~ Chris W Metz

"To truly know one's self, is to know that same self in all others." ~ Chris W Metz

"Attach Yourself to Nothing and you are free." ~ Chris W Metz

"Those who seek earnestly will be rewarded in earnest for what they seek" ~ Chris W Metz

It is hard for those with power and wealth to
follow the Way. ~ Buddha: The Kavaddha Sutra

“The Way is not difficult for those who have no preferences. When love and hate are both absent, everything becomes clear and undisguised. Make the slightest distinction, however, and heaven and earth are set infinitely apart. If you wish to see the truth, then hold no opinions for or against anything. To set up what you like against what you dislike is the disease of the mind.” ~ Hsin Hsin Ming

“Seek ye the ever elusive door to heaven. It lies in shadows of our ignorance. It is there, has been there and is always there. Yet we look for it outside ourselves as if it were hidden, within us, it is here, has been here, will always be here. Those who will earnestly seek and will themselves to know, will be shown what lies in the shadow of virtue.” ~ Chris W Metz

Be content with what you have, rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. ~ Lao Tzu

“A human being is a part of the whole called by us ‘universe’, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal
desires and to affection to a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.” ~ Albert Einstein

At some point in the search for nlightenment, you will have all the knowledge that is necessary. After that, it is up to each person to take that knowledge and cultivate it in their own life. This is done through daily awareness, daily intention, daily meditation and daily practice. No amount of further knowledge or seeking will manifest enlightenment within yourself. It is only through your will and daily practice that furthers the knowledge you seek for enlightenment. ~ Chris W Metz

“Look within. Be still. Free from fear and attachment, know the sweet joy of living in the way.” ~ Buddha

“A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.” ~ Guatama Buddha

Spiritual Enlightenment is a state of being where you experience and know, on an ongoing basis, an ultimate sense of peace, meaning and bliss. Your perception of yourself and the universe includes, in a very real and present way, that your connection to the ultimate reality is now permanent and unbreakable. ~ Unknown

“The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.” ~ Jiddu Krishnamurti