Quotes About Consciousness

Only that in you which is me can hear what I'm saying.

We are all affecting the world every moment, whether we mean to or not. Our actions and states of mind matter, because we are so deeply interconnected with one another.

If you think you're free, there's no escape possible.

Learn to watch your drama unfold while at the same time knowing you are more than your drama.

Travel in all the four quarters of the earth, yet you will find nothing anywhere. Whatever there is, is only here.

The world is not outside you.

There is no Truth. There is only the truth within each moment.

Your duty is to be and not to be this or that. 'I am that I am' sums up the whole truth. The method is summed up in the words 'Be still'. What does stillness mean? It means destroy yourself. Because any form or shape is the cause for trouble. Give up the notion that 'I am so and so'. All that is required to realize the Self is to be still. What can be easier than that?

There is neither Past nor Future. There is only the Present.

If the mind falls asleep, awaken it. Then if it starts wandering, make it quiet. If you reach the state where there is neither sleep nor movement of mind, stay still in that, the natural (real) state.

All that is required to realise the Self is to "Be Still.

Realisation is not acquisition of anything new nor is it a new faculty. It is only removal of all camouflage

Become conscious of being conscious. Say or think "I am", and add nothing to it. Be aware of the stillness that follows the "I am". Sense your presence, the naked unveiled, unclothed beingness. It is untouched by young or old, rich or poor, good or bad, or any other attributes. It is the spacious womb of all creation, all form.

The only useful purpose of the present birth is to turn within and realize the Self.

Time is only an idea. There is only the Reality Whatever you think it is, it looks like that. If you call it time, it is time. If you call it existence, it is existence, and so on. After calling it time, you divide it into days and nights, months, years, hours, minutes, etc. Time is immaterial for the Path of Knowledge. But some of these rules and discipline are good for beginners.

If you hold this feeling of 'I' long enough and strongly enough, the false 'I' will vanish leaving only the unbroken awareness of the real, immanent 'I', consciousness itself

Do what is right at a given moment and leave it behind

Mind your business. Take care of what you came here for. Find the 'I' first and you may afterwards speak of other matters.

The pure mind is itself Brahman; it therefore follows that Brahman is not other than the mind of the sage.

You are awareness. Awareness is another name for you. Since you are awareness there is no need to attain or cultivate it.

The enquiry 'Who am I?' is the principal means to the removal of all misery and the attainment of the supreme bliss.

You are already that which you seek

There is nothing like 'within' or 'without.' Both mean either the same thing or nothing.

Controlling speech and breath, and diving deep within oneself — like one who, to find a thing that has fallen into water, dives deep down — one must seek out the source whence the aspiring ego springs.