“Want the best. The highest happiness, the greatest freedom.” ~ Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

“The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.” ~ Jesus of Nazareth

“He must become greater; I must become less.” ~ John the Baptist

“For now, my role is to remain intuitive and trusting, while allowing all that is happening to happen fully.” ~ Regina Dawn Akers

“What does it mean to want awakening now? When I want a snack now, I get up and get one. So it must mean that if I want awakening now, then now I am engaged in an awakening practice.” ~ Regina Dawn Akers

“Do I want awakening enough? Something feels off with that question, even though many masters recommend increasing the desire for awakening as a first step. It feels better to ask this: Do I want awakening now? Am I willing to submit myself to it now, or is there something I’d rather do, complete or have first?” ~ Regina Dawn Akers

“Who wants to awaken? Does awareness want to awaken? No, there is no such thought in awareness. It is the mind that wants to awaken, just as it is the mind that doubts and becomes distracted. What does it mean if it is the mind that wants to awaken? It means that the power the mind has to distract from Self and to create a world of problems, suffering and fear, can now be turned toward Self. Maybe the mind itself cannot awaken, as some say, but all of that power turned back around with the purpose of Self-realization cannot be useless.” ~ Regina Dawn Akers

“If I pay careful attention I can recognize this desire to project an image. Its characteristics are subtle but detectable. There is the thought of ‘others’ and how they view ‘me’ inherent in image-projection.” ~ Regina Dawn Akers

“The ability to perceive differences and to discern one thing from another is one of the most valuable tools you can have. It is one of the most valuable tools you can have both for your spiritual progress and for how to live in the worldly life.” ~ Michael Langford

“What is it to ‘really want’ something? When one is falling in love, one really wants the person of his/her affection. One wants to be with that person all of the time. When one cannot be with that person, one is thinking about him/her. I can use this example as a symbol to gauge my desire for awakening. Am I in love with this purpose so that I want, more than anything, to sit in meditation and contemplation with it? When I have to be away doing other things, am I thinking of my purpose? Am I looking forward to the time when I can be fully immersed with it again?” ~ Regina Dawn Akers