Consciousness

"Lead me from unreal to real, from darkness to light, and from death to immortality." ~ Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upanisad (1.3.28.)

“The mind alone is the cause of both bondage and liberation.” Maitrayaniya Upanishad (6.34)

You are now and forever free, luminous, transparent, still. ~ Ashtavakra Gita

"Anything that makes weak - physically, intellectually and spiritually, reject it as poison." ~ Swami Vivekananda

Do not seek illumination unless you seek it as a man whose hair is on fire seeks a pond. —Ramakrishna Paramahamsa