Quotes About Consciousness

Voglio assolutamente continuare a sentire che un giorno morirò. Altrimenti non mi accorgo che vivo. Per questo è così la mia vita.

cerchiamo di ridurre il tempo passato a guardare cose che non vogliamo guardare o fare cose che preferiremmo non fare. Limitiamo le ore trascorse inutilmente. .... Rallentiamo il ritmo, e prima di addormentarci ripensiamo a ognuna delle cose che abbiamo fatto.

Descubrí que el cuerpo es un mero recipiente en el momento en que el alma deja de mirarte

When exactly did I give myself over to sleep? When did I stop resisting...? I used to be so lively, I was always wide awake — but when was that?

I don't put any stock in whatever it is that happens inside my head.

Did anyone ever imagine, back in the old days, that eventually a day would come when people and their brains would each die a separate death?

No matter what, I want to continue living with the awareness that I will die. Without that, I am not alive.

Meditation is cultivating the potential to transcend your limited self, limited beliefs and limited existence. It is stepping into the exciting territory of limitlessness.

I had nightmares I thought were really horrible until I woke up and remembered what reality was at the moment.

We dont need any more heroes; we just need someone to take out the recycling.

I've never really understood why people sleep. Wasting a third of your life and becoming vulnerable for almost 8 hours every night. Doesn't seem very appealing to me.

We can protect life, practice generosity, behave responsibly, and consume mindfully.

Every waking second is a chance to look past who you think you are right through to who you truly are.

As far as the functioning of your mind is concerned, it doesn't matter what you feel. It doesn't matter to anyone else, and it matters least of all to yourself.

Do you have a body? Don't sit on the porch! Go out and walk in the rain! If you are in love, then why are you asleep? Wake up, wake up! You have slept millions and millions of years. Why not wake up this morning?

Prayer, according to Brother David, is waking up to the presence of God no matter where I am or what I am doing. When I am fully alert to whatever or whoever is right in front of me; when I am electrically aware of the tremendous gift of being alive; when I am able to give myself wholly to the moment I am in, then I am in prayer. Prayer is happening, and it is not necessarily something that I am doing. God is happening, and I am lucky enough to know that I am in The Midst.

Consciousness. That was it! The difference between my ordinary urban life and my wooded Tantric retreats was consciousness. If I could be completely conscious and present in each moment, it wouldn't matter whether I practiced Tantra in Bali or on the Bowery. Not only would location not matter, but neither would strict adherence to "traditional" Tantric practices. Anything I performed with complete consciousness would be completely alive, authentic, and transformative.

In order to experience everyday spirituality, we need to remember that we are spiritual beings spending some time in a human body.

There is nothing wrong with you... Life isn't supposed to be easy... It is designed to be challenging so that you will grow into a more conscious, loving human being.

TODAY I AM GOING TO SEE WHAT THERE IS TO SEE, TO FEEL WHAT THERE IS TO FEEL, AND TO KNOW WHAT THERE IS TO KNOW.

you can't transform the quality of your thoughts and emotions without transforming the consciousness from which they arise.

What we consume is not just what we put into our body, but what we put into our heart and our consciousness. Eat wisely.

onset of slow-creeping mortification

Because you are in control of your life. Don't ever forget that. You are what you are because of the conscious and subconscious choices you have made.