Quotes About Awakening

Step out of the time dimension as much as possible in everyday life.

There is a qualitatively different kind of waiting, one that requires your total alertness. Something could happen at any moment, and if you are not absolutely awake, absolutely still, you will miss it. This is the kind of waiting Jesus talks about. In that state, all your attention is in the Now. There is none left for daydreaming, thinking, remembering, anticipating.

your presence, your consciousness

Remember, your perception of the world is a reflection of your state of consciousness.

A new dimension of consciousness has come in.

You have already understood the basic mechanics of the unconscious state: identification with the mind, which creates a false self, the ego, as a substitute for your true self rooted in Being.

In the service of the Truth, religious teachings represent signposts or maps left behind by awakened humans to assist you in spiritual awakening, that is to say, in becoming free of identification with form.

También espero que llegue a otros muchos que encuentren su contenido digno de consideración, aunque puedan no estar listos para vivirlo o practicarlo plenamente. Es posible que en el futuro, la semilla que se sembró al leer este libro se fusione con la semilla de la iluminación que todo ser humano lleva dentro, y súbitamente esta semilla brote y se haga viva dentro de ellos.

Even the Buddha is said to have practiced body denial through fasting and extreme forms of asceticism for six years, but he did not attain enlightenment until after he had given up this practice.

Siempre que se dé cuenta de que ha surgido alguna forma de negatividad en usted, mírela no como un fracaso sino como una señal útil que le dice: Despierta. Sal de la mente. Vive el presente

Cuando la conciencia se libera de su identificación con las formas físicas y mentales, se vuelve lo que podemos llamar conciencia pura o iluminada, o presencia.

If you were conscious, that is to say totally present in the Now, all negativity would dissolve almost instantly. It could not survive in your presence.

una persona ya inconsciente tiende a volverse más profundamente inconsciente y una persona consciente más intensamente consciente. Usted puede utilizar un reto para despertar, o puede permitir que lo empuje a un sueño aún más profundo. El sueño de la inconsciencia ordinaria se convierte entonces en una pesadilla.

In Zen they say: "Don't seek the truth. Just cease to cherish opinions." What does that mean? Let go of identification with your mind. Who you are beyond the mind then emerges by itself.

Jesus speaks of the five careless (unconscious) women who do not have enough oil (consciousness) to keep their lamps burning (stay present) and so miss the bridegroom (the Now) and don't get to the wedding feast (enlightenment). These five stand in contrast to the five wise women who have enough oil (stay conscious).

If it is the quality of your consciousness at this moment that determines the future, then what is it that determines the quality of your consciousness? Your degree of presence. So the only place where true change can occur and where the past can be dissolved is the Now.

La liberté commence quand vous prenez conscience que vous n'êtes pas cette entité, c'est-à-dire le penseur. En sachant cela, vous pouvez alors surveiller cette entité. Dès l'instant où vous vous mettez à observer le penseur, un niveau plus élevé de conscience est activé.

What is my relationship with Life? This question is an excellent way of unmasking the ego in you and bringing you into the state of Presence.

Do you want an easy death? Would you rather die without pain, without agony? Then die to the past every moment, and let the light of your presence shine away the heavy, time-bound self you thought of as you.

La iluminación no es sólo el fin del sufrimiento y del conflicto continuo interior y exterior, sino también el fin de la temible esclavitud del pensamiento incesante. ¡Qué increíble liberación!

The secret of life is to 'die before you die' - and find that there is no death.

The very reason for our existence in human form is to bring that dimension of consciousness into this world.

USTED NO ES SU MENTE

The best indicator of your level of consciousness is how you deal with life's challenges when they come. Through those challenges, an already unconscious person tends to become more deeply unconscious, and a conscious person more intensely conscious. You can use a challenge to awaken you, or you can allow it to pull you into even deeper sleep.