Inspirational quotes by Ramtha, Henry Miller, and Martin Buber

“...many of you who do not know that [you are God] still think you must go through dogma and certain ‘mechanics’, as it were- rituals, prayers, chants, fasts, meditations- in order to connect with God and become enlightened. Yet the more you do these things, the more you convince your soul that you are not what you are trying to become...for you are having to do arduous things in order to achieve it... [Thus] practicing rituals and following dogma is not wrong. But it will never feel completely right, because the voice within you- that is God- says that you already are what you are struggling to reach. ¼there is nothing you must accomplish on this plane except being who and what you are. For the knowingness that you are God is achieved in a state of being- for God is beingness; it is the isness of all life.” (Ramtha, p147,149)

“It is the essential mystery, the inscrutableness of which belongs to its very nature; it is the unknowable. Through this dark gate the believing (person) steps forward into the everyday which is henceforth hallowed as the place in which (one) has to live with the mystery.”

                        Martin Buber (Eclipse of God: Studies in the Relation Between Religion and Philosophy, p 50-51) (Harper and Brothers, NY. 1952)

“Imagine, if you can, what it would be like if your heart began to beat with cosmic rhythm. Most people’s hearts don’t even beat with human rhythm. [But] there will come a time when man will no longer distinguish between man and god. When the human being is raised to his full powers he will be divine, his human consciousness will have fallen away. …Man will be free, that’s what I mean. Once he becomes the god which he is, he will have realised his destiny- which is freedom. Freedom includes everything. …Don’t think I am talking religion or philosophy. I disclaim them both, utterly. They are not even stepping stones, as people like to think. They must be hurdled at one jump. …There is only one thing, spirit. It’s all, everything, and when you realise it you’re it. You’re all there is and there is nothing more. …Understanding is nothing. He eyes must be kept open, constantly. To open your eyes you must relax, not strain. …You are to liberate yourself. There is no exercise, physical or spiritual, to practice. All such things are like incense- they awaken a feeling of holiness. We must be holy without holiness. …Any other kind of holiness is false, a snare and a delusion. …There is no need for redemption, because what men call sin and guilt have no ultimate meaning. …When you reach to the quick of things you will find neither acceleration nor retardation, neither birth nor death. There is, and you are- that is it in a nutshell. Don’t break your skull over it, because to the mind it makes no sense. Accept it, and forget it, or it will drive you mad.” Henry Miller relating the monologue of an odd man named Claude whom he met in the early years of his struggles, who seemed to sum up the whole process quite nicely, stating: (Plexus, p409-411) (Granada Publishing, London. 1965)

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These inspirational quotes are taken from the unpublished writings of Jack Haas, selected from the notebooks 1990-2005.