Quotes About Awakening

What is most important is to go deep into ourselves and discover the loving kindness and compassion of the buddha within - the awakened nature we all possess.

Now don't think that awakening is the end. Awakening is the end of seeking, the end of the seeker, but it is the beginning of a life lived from your true nature.

The purpose of meditation is to awaken in us the sky-like nature of mind, and to introduce us to that which we really are, our unchanging pure awareness, which underlies the whole of life and death

'Tis always morning somewhere, and aboveThe awakening continents, from shore to shore,Somewhere the birds are singing evermore.

Our "job," our intention as spiritual beings in a body, is to express our true nature - to fully know ourselves as expressions and individuations of the Divine.

To become aware of the subtlety of nature you need to be alert. The moment you become alert you become still... thinking subsides. That is actually a higher state of consciousness than thinking.

Maybe kissing is sort of like nature's coffee. -Jonathan

Man is by nature a lover. Only he has yet to discover the real thing to love. This quest awakens him to the fulfillment of his real Self.

HE wants you to feel HIM in any possible way you can, but you lazy bird, come on, make a step and you will feel all you got to feel.

All around us, birds woke up the sky.

The moment you become conscious of your unconscious state, you're instantly transformed!

Healing is a revolutionary act and we are here to awaken to the true nature of our own souls and the gifts we have to give to the world.

To one who loves birds, morning always wakes up singing.

God does not send us despair in order to kill us; he sends it in order to awaken us to new life.

The Buddha's dharma didn't teach peace and relaxation; it taught awakening—often rude awakening.

May I be at peace. May I awaken to the light of my own true nature. May I be healed and may I be the source of healing for others.

When the sleeping snake is gone, then you can rest at ease.

So listen everybody to what I got to say, there's hope for tomorrow, if we wake up today.

Deep within man dwell those slumbering powers powers that would astonish him that he never dreamed of possessing forces that would revolutionize his life if aroused and put into action.

When you can no longer tell the difference between being yourself and being love, you are not far from waking up.

If we take the time to silence the chatter in our minds, it gives our heart the opportunity to awaken from its slumber. Peace of mind begins with peace in the heart.

You will have bad times, but they will always wake you up to the stuff you weren't paying attention to.

It is as painful perhaps to be awakened from a vision as to be born.

Attaining consciousness is connected with the gradual liberation from mechanicalness, for man is fully and completely under mechanical laws.