Quotes About Consciousness

But they know about us, they know, the four corners, and the chairs nearby us. Discerning shadows also know, and even the table keeps quiet.

Rewolucja polega na przezwyci??eniu odziedziczonej ?wiadomo?ci

Tera?niejsza my?l francuska o ?mierci jest dla mnie wyj?tkowo sztuczna, jak z reszt? wszystkie inne mementa mori. Stanowi? one jeden przyk?ad wi?cej, jak dalece my?li nasze s? nam obce. To wa?kowanie ?mierci wykazuje jedynie, ?e nie jeste?my w stanie jej zasymilowa?; albowiem ona - gdyby?my naprawd? wyczuli jej obecno?? - musia?aby odebra? nam sen i apetyt; ale nie przeszkadza nam nawet w chodzeniu do kina.

i tylko jedno mnie dr?czy?o: czy Fryderyk to zauwa?y?? Czy wiedzia?? Fryderyk?

The I, the I is what is deeplt mysterious.

Here it can be seen that solipsism, when its implications are followed out strictly, coincides with pure realism.

If by eternity is understood not endless temporal duration but timelessness, then he lives eternally who lives in the present.

It would be most satisfactory if physics and psyche could be seen as complementary aspects of the same reality

What if nothing exists and we're all in somebody's dream?

You rely too much on brain. The brain is the most overrated organ.

He's dreaming, Cloquet thought, as he stood over him, revolver in hand. He's dreaming, and I exist in reality. Cloquet hated reality but realized it was still the only place to get a good steak.

Los condenados Él sueña y yo existo en la realidad.

What people who don't write don't understand is that they think you make up the line consciously — but you don't. It proceeds from your unconscious. So it's the same surprise to you when it emerges as it is to the audience when the comic says it. I don't think of the joke and then say it. I say it and then realize what I've said. And I laugh at it, because I'm hearing it for the first time myself.

Once you perceive that the Universe is alive, a living, pulsating organism that has awareness and intelligence, vast intelligence, you will come to know that the Universe and everything in it reacts to stimulation-- your stimulation.

One of the most powerful effects in your life is brought by Who-You-Think-You-Are. The moment your brain became functional, you began to build an image of who and what you believe yourself to be. All the events of your life have helped to create that image, the self-image of Who-You-Think-You-Are.

Keep aware of who and what you are as you become involved in the affairs of the world. Don't forget that you are an indestructible child of a golden Universe.

For I believe that the best life is lived by those who take the best care to make themselves as good as possible, and the pleasantest life by those who are most conscious that they are becoming better.

Your eyes aren't empty mirrors - You reflect human beings. I hope this doesn't make you mortally unhappy.

I did not count the days or the weeks or the months. Time is an illusion that only makes us pant. I survived because I forgot even the very notion of time.

Time is an illusion that only makes us pant. I survived because I forgot even the very notion of time. Page 212.

Time is an illusion that only makes us pant. I survived because I forgot even the very notion of time.

Time is an illusion that only makes us pant.

I concluded, that it was not a dream or a delusion or a misplaced memory or a fancy or any other falsity, but a solid, true thing witnessed while in a weakened highly agitated state.

The world isn't just the way it is. It is how we understand it, no? And in understanding something, we bring something to it, no? (p. 302)