Quotes About Consciousness

I think I thought, therefore I think I was.

These frozen moments are grouped into nows—into events that happen at the same time—in different ways by observers in different states of motion.

Each moment—each event or happening—exists, just as each point in space exists. Moments don't momentarily come to life when illuminated by the "spotlight" of an observer's present; that image aligns well with our intuition but fails to stand up to logical analysis. Instead, once illuminated, always illuminated. Moments don't change. Moments are. Being illuminated is simply one of the many unchanging features that constitute a moment.

We could be dreaming all the time, but we do not perceive those dreams while we are awake because consciousness (like the sun obscuring stars during the day) is much too brilliant to allow the unconscious content so much definition.

Consciousness and logic are not reliable standards. —COGITORS, Fundamental Postulate

Despite their biological flaws, human beings continue to see things that our most sophisticated sensors cannot detect, and they understand strange concepts that gelcircuitry minds cannot comprehend. It is no surprise, then, that so many of them go insane. —Erasmus Dialogues

The ego is only a bit of consciousness swimming upon the ocean of dark things. We are an enigma unto ourselves. —The Mentat Handbook

The individual is shocked by the overwhelming discovery of his own mortality. The species, however, is different. It need not die. —PARDOT KYNES, An Arrakis Primer

The mystery of life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced. —Meditations from Bifrost Eyrie, Buddislamic Text

If y'can't see with yore own two eyes what's in front of them, then y'better off closin' 'em an' goin' t'sleep, 'tis far more restful! —Gerul

Es posible que nuestra mente diga: yo no te conozco. Pero el corazón sí le conoce.

Your mind is designed in such a way that you cannot have an idea on the one hand without also having the ability to bring that idea into reality on the other. The very existence of an idea in your conscious mind means that you have within you and around you the capacity to turn it into reality. The only question you have to answer is, How badly do you want it?

Put your thoughts to sleep, do not let them cast a shadow over the moon of your heart. Let go of thinking.

The more we spend time in defining things, the more unconscious we are of the present moment. This moment is the source of our present happiness and also the origin of the future we can create.

The development of unshakable self-confidence, therefore, begins with you taking full, complete, systematic and purposeful control of the contents of your conscious mind, disciplining yourself to think consistently about only the things that you desire and to resolutely keep your mind off the things that you fear.

Cada vez que creas una imagen mental en tu mente consciente, envías un mensaje que activa tu mente subconsciente y dispara la ley de la atracción

Tu mente puede contener sólo un pensamiento a la vez, ya sea positivo o negativo. Puede contener la emoción positiva de la responsabilidad personal o puede contener una emoción negativa de cualquier tipo. Y la elección siempre depende de ti. Lo único en el universo que puedes controlar es el contenido de tu mente consciente.

the quality of your thinking determines the quality of your life.

You are a "choosing organism." You are constantly making choices, one way or the other. Every choice you make is a statement about your true values and priorities. At each moment, you choose what is more important or of higher value to you over what is less important or of lesser value.

You are not what you think you are, but what you think, you are.

Rumi says: 'die before you die'. It means live each moment fully. Then, when the moment dies, there is no pain or regret because you'd already lived it completely," said Zoya.

Are you creating your thoughts? Or, are your thoughts creating you?

Stop right now and watch your thoughts for a minute. Does this come naturally to you? Have you been practicing observing yourself from a place of compassion? Do you know where your mind tends to go when it is not being managed? I

We can control our lives by controling our perceptions.