Quotes by Maria Erving

The ego is the self that is unaware of itself so unless you seek first who you are not, the ego will use every technique, practice and experience for its own ‘spiritual growth’.The more ‘spiritual’ it becomes, the more into delusion it takes you.

Want Truth more than you want to awaken and the awakening takes care of itself.

Truth shines light on darkness by questioning it.

Examine your beliefs and break free.

Instead of assuming and jumping into conclusions, stop for a moment and think. Is this really true or am I making it up?.Dont believe your racing thoughts.

Your world will expand for every step you dare to take outside your comfort zone.

Anybody who listens to their intuition risk at times making other people disappointed or even pissed off because youre not tending to what they want from you but instead to what feels right for you.

Just feel forgiveness in your heart. The universe will hear you and that will be enough.

Awakening means you’ve come home to yourself, that consciousness shifted back to its original nature.

The ego cleverly hides by projecting and by avoiding to look beyond what it merely believes.

Serious spiritual practice is more than serene walks in the woods, lit candles and incense. You have to be committed. You have to be willing to enter into your own darkness and transcend it.

The awakening process is not about finding who you are but more about finding out about the ego, about who you are not.

Even this is paradoxical because even though the ego does all the spiritual practice in the beginning,it’s the Truth that has orchestrated it all.

Get to know who you are not, because when you know your ego the Truth of who you are will also become clear.

Everything is consciousness. YOU are consciousness and everything around you is a reflection of your [state of] consciousness.When you shift your consciousness, when you change, your life changes too.

I hear many people share with me that they just have to do this thing before they can relax and slow down.The truth is that taking the time to be still and reflective actually increases productivity and gives more joy to what youre doing when its time to take action again.

Be true to yourself and the right people and resources always show up. The Universe always conspires for the right meetings to occur. Everything is unfolding as it should. It really is.

Following intuition allows decision and action to be made in the same instant.

The ego is the seeker but does not want the Truth.

Spiritual awakening is not really spiritual at all.