This is a curated selection of A. H. Almaas quotes (primarily sourced from publicly available videos, and personally curated by me on my own lifelong learning journey). This page is intended as a learning resource for educational purposes and only meant to offer an overview/introduction. Short quotes aren’t a substitute for source material, so if this page sparks your interest, explore more deeply by checking out A. H. Almaas’ books (Amazon).
Page Contents:
- Humans & Humanity Quotes
- Manifestation & Perception Quotes
- Duality & Nonduality Quotes
- Inquiry & Awakening Quotes
- Truth & Freedom Quotes
25 A. H. Almaas Quotes on Humans, Awakening, Nonduality, & More
A. H. Almaas Quotes on Humans & Humanity
“The human being is the one who allows the sacred to know itself.” — A. H. Almaas
“True nature is good in some kind of fundamental, complete, total way—and that is difficult for most human beings to appreciate.” — A. H. Almaas
“All the trouble, and the hatred, and the violence is on the surface—not at the depth of humanity. The depth is our true nature, and it’s only good … You cannot kill somebody else if you know they are fundamentally good.” — A. H. Almaas
“Knowing how to deal with life—including the spiritual perspective and without denying the material perspective—is to be wise.” — A. H. Almaas
“Actualization means you live what you realize.“ — A. H. Almaas
A. H. Almaas Quotes on Manifestation & Perception
“The whole idea is that there is something that is conscious, that is aware, and that is not individual—it is universal, it is everywhere, and it is manifesting all these experiences including manifesting individuals who believe they have experiences.” — A. H. Almaas
“Perception is nothing but the changing of manifestation—manifestation that inherently is a manifestation of consciousness—so the manifestation is conscious of its changes.” — A. H. Almaas
“One of the primary spiritual insights, or awakening, is consciousness awakening to itself … You wake up and realize you are pure consciousness … You realize that the perceiver is this consciousness—that without this consciousness there is no perception.” — A. H. Almaas
“In spiritual realization, you recognize that ‘I am what perceives.’” — A. H. Almaas
“Ultimately, there’s only one subject, and that subject is perceiving through all of our eyes and all of our ears.” — A. H. Almaas
A. H. Almaas Quotes on Duality & Nonduality
“We are not separate from each other. We are all not just connected, but one. We are made out of the same spirit. We are inseparable from each other. We all make up one unity.” — A. H. Almaas
“The heart of spirituality is that consciousness is not simply the capacity to be conscious, but consciousness is something on its own—a presence, a beingness … It can be aware of itself and aware of phenomena.” — A. H. Almaas
“Consciousness cannot be divided. It’s not a medium that parcels itself out and gives each person a piece.” — A. H. Almaas
“The knowing of oneself and the being of oneself are the same thing … The ‘I am’ is consciousness immediately conscious of its beingness, and its beingness is the same thing as its knowingness of itself.” — A. H. Almaas
“The unity of being is similar to what the Eastern tradition calls ‘nondual reality’. The realization is that the pure consciousness, that is also bliss, is inseparable from what we are—inseparable from our everyday life. It is the nature of everything. Reality is nondual … From the nondual perspective, you see everything as one unified beauty—everything is luminous, transparent, good, and inherently blissful.” — A. H. Almaas
A. H. Almaas Quotes on Inquiry & Awakening
“I use inquiry, similar to Socratic inquiry, as a particular method. That, for me, is more important than sitting meditation … The approach uses inquiry but uses the scientific method which means it has to be verified—not by experiment but by experience, by one’s own direct experience.” — A. H. Almaas
“In science, you have to be detached from the experiment. The observer can’t be part of it. The more detached, the more the experiment is pure. In the inquiry into oneself, it includes the subject, the observer. So, I’m inquiring in both the experiencer and the experienced. They’re both there in the field of experience.” — A. H. Almaas
“Most people aren’t awakened yet—to know that I don’t know who the hell I am. What am I? What’s the meaning of my life? Why am I here? That’s the first awakening … The second awakening is to know what you are—to erupt into consciousness. That you know, I am pure spirit that is aware and conscious of itself. Realization means that has become your true Self.” — A. H. Almaas
“The indication of somebody being awakened or realized … is that they are more loving, more compassionate, more humble, or more understanding—and that they become a force of goodness …. They can’t help but be good and do good … To be spiritually realized, you’re naturally compassionate and loving.” — A. H. Almaas
“Recognize you are consciousness, and everything is consciousness. This experience of realization has been like this for thousands of years regardless of what the scientific point of view is—the scientific point of view keeps changing.” — A. H. Almaas
A. H. Almaas Quotes on Truth & Freedom
“The drive for enlightenment is not a matter of being free from suffering or from problem, but it is a love for the truth.” — A. H. Almaas
“The truth is here, but not manifest. It’s not just a matter of discovering it. I need to be ready and interested and open, and then it will appear … If you’re really spacious, you’re open … You’re open in an accepting, non-judgmental way.” — A. H. Almaas
“How we experience what is the truth depends on the experiencer, on the person. Different people can experience it differently. There are different ways reality manifests. So, the experiencer is what makes reality appear in a certain way.” — A. H. Almaas
“The spiritual truth is indeterminate until we experience it. And, how we experience it depends on our worldview, our view of reality, our expectation, our readiness and openness.” — A. H. Almaas
“The unfolding of essence becomes the process of living. Life is no longer a string of disconnected experiences of pleasure and pain but a flow, a stream of aliveness.” — A. H. Almaas
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