"My tiny baby had 'Great Liberation.' Nothing blocked her awareness... Her eyes were open to beauty, her senses to pleasure, her heart to love and her mind to truth. Let me to tell you about my baby..."
"I had not expected enlightenment in a baby. In fact I had expected very little. I thought I would see the absence of things. Instead I discovered a rare presence. What clued me in to this was her happiness."
"My little one never needed to be entertained... Everywhere she went the show played live in 3D; surround sound, and living color."
"Think how liberating it feels to say: 'Oh, I see. I understand.' This freedom, this awareness, was my baby’s resting state."
"One day looking deep in her eyes I saw the source of her freedom: nothing had to be said… now, or ever. No question needed answering. No confusion had to be resolved. No error needed correction. “Great Liberation” means being this aware, free as you were born. Today when I see a baby, something deep in me comes to rest. I know there is sanity."
"It is said that with enlightenment you 'leave the world of confusion and illusion for the real world.' The real world, the domain of awareness, was my baby’s dwelling place."
"I recognized 'original perfection,' as Buddhists call it, the original perfection of her human nature... The fact that she did not speak seemed more proof of wisdom."
"The other day I saw a man trying to get a smile from a baby. He was having no success, but he persisted as if nothing in his life was more important. Why do we want smiles from babies? It is because the smile is genuine... A baby’s love is real."
Self-test 86: Are you Seeing a Glow?
"Find one of your old baby pictures. Note the glow in your eyes when you smiled. Now look in the mirror. Can you see the same glow in your eyes today?
You have big shoes to fill - your very own baby slippers."
"At age four we talked of God, on the nature of death and other deep subjects. She was still young enough to understand."
"Stars in the night sky seem to weaken and fade at dawn, but they have not weakened or faded, only receded from view. The same is true of the brilliance of your nature. You can be as you were born. You can raise your eyes and look about and be radiant at what you see. Awareness is all you need."