Quotes About Consciousness

Thanks to the Human Connectome Project, which will map every neuron in the human brain, one day we may be able to send our connectomes into outer space on giant laser beams, eliminating a number of problems in interstellar travel. I call this laser porting, and it may free our consciousness to explore the galaxy or even the universe at the speed of light, so we don't have to worry about the obvious dangers of interstellar travel.

Is everything we do determined by the cause-and-effect chain of genes, environment, and the cells that make up our brain, or can we freely form intentions that influence our actions in the world?

No aspect of our world is as mysterious as consciousness, the state of awareness that animates our every waking moment, the sense of being located in a body that exists within a larger world of color, sound, and touch, all of it filtered through our thoughts and imbued by emotion.

Fruit flies have only 250,000 neurons, and they too display complex behaviors. In lab experiments, when faced with dim mating prospects, some seek out alcohol, the consciousness-altering substance that's available to them in nature in broken-open, fermenting fruit.

I theorize that humans are different from animals because we understand time. We have temporal consciousness in addition to spatial and social consciousness. The latest part of the brain to evolve is the prefrontal cortex, which lies just behind our forehead. It is constantly running simulations of the future.

Once you are aware that you're dreaming, you recover your power to change the dream whenever you choose.

Not enjoying what is happening right now is living in the past and being only half alive. This leads to self-pity, suffering, and tears.

Humans are dreaming all the time.

Do not be concerned about the future; keep your attention on today, and stay in the present moment. Just live one day at a time. Always do your best to keep these agreements, and soon it will be easy for you. Today is the beginning of a new dream.

And he realized that everyone was dreaming, but without awareness, without knowing what they really are.

To master a relationship is all about you. The first step is to become aware, to know that everyone dreams his own dream.

The only person who needs to be concerned about the story of you is you.

Awareness makes all the difference.

The awakening is when you have the awareness that you are Life. When you are aware that you are the force that is Life, anything is possible.

You are alive, so take your life and enjoy it. Don't resist life passing through you, because that is God passing through you. Just your existence proves the existence of God. Your existence proves the existence of life and energy.

Our eyes are on the past, and our imaginations fly to the future. This makes us impervious to the present moment. So we forget to be kind. We forget to say hello to a stranger or listen to a friend. We forget to be good to ourselves.

First is the Mastery of Awareness. This is to be aware of who we really are, with all the possibilities.

He also saw that matter is a mirror — everything is a mirror that reflects light and creates images of that light — and the world of illusion, the Dream, is just like smoke which doesn't allow us to see what we really are. "The real us is pure love, pure light," he said.

You will only receive a negative idea if your mind is fertile ground for that idea.

Do not be concerned about the future; keep your attention on today, and stay in the present moment. Just live one day at a time. Always do your best to keep these agreements, and soon it will be easy for you. Today is the beginning of a new dream. 6 THE TOLTEC PATH TO FREEDOM Breaking Old Agreements EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT FREEDOM.

Si vas por la vida traduciéndola mientras la observas, no la vivirás.

Soñar es la función principal de la mente, y la mente sueña veinticuatro horas al día.

The waking dream can be mastered. Just as we can alter the course of our nighttime dreaming we can remind ourselves before falling asleep to wake up in the middle of a recurring nightmare. We can leave clues to pinch ourselves or to challenge threatening characters in a sleeping dream. Same is true of our waking life. It's simple enough to remind ourselves that we're dreaming all the time, even as we go through an ordinary day.

We learn to dream hell in our own life, in our personal dream.