Quotes About Consciousness

Dreams are more real than reality itself, they're closer to the self.

La libertad no es un derecho del hombre que concede el cielo, y la libertad de soñar tampoco se adquiere desde el nacimiento: es una capacidad que hay que preservar, una conciencia, sobre todo porque las pesadillas no paran de perturbarla.

Reality is myself, reality is only the perception of this instant and it can't be related to another person.

Stress is something that we are not always conscious of; it can exist on a cellular level and hide, masked by our ingrained insensitivity.

We are all afforded our physical existence so we can learn about ourselves.

I've always felt almost human. I've always known that there's something about me that's different than other dogs. Sure, I'm stuffed into a dog's body, but that's just the shell. It's what's inside that's important. The soul. And my soul is very human.

To remember is to disengage from the present

Know who is driving next to you. Any problems that may occur have ultimately been caused by you, because you are responsible for where you are and what you are doing there.

To remember is to leave the present.

We do not see things the way they are, we see them as we are. —ANAÏS NIN

Intention is everything.

Ingatan adalah waktu yang melipat diri. Mengingat berarti memisahkan diri dari saat ini.

But what I've always liked best is when he talks about having no memory. No memory of things he'd done just a second before. Good or bad. Because memory is time folding back on itself. To remember is to disengage from the present.

To which you manifest is before you.

But there is a point at which he is the instrument and someone or something is playing him. Something larger. Something outside of all of us. Call it the Universal Mind, if you like. But when he feels it, he knows that the people listening feel it as well. They are all tapping into the same thing. They all understand.

We do not see things the way they are, we see them as we are.

Total awareness of self, along with changing our belief system can make monumental changes in our lives.

Beyond the economics of production efficiency, animal welfare laws that require "humane" treatment are really not about animals; they're about humans and making humans feel better about using animals. We can comfort ourselves with the idea that we are acting in a "humane" way.

Mindfulness isn't necessarily about awakening within. Awakening wisdom teaches me how my exterior and interior life are not separate. What happens in the world is happening within me, and vice versa.

When walking, walk. When eating, eat." Being fully "present" in each moment is a discipline that can save our sanity.

Seek reality and base all your decisions and actions upon it.

Be careful how you interpret the world; it is like that." —Erich Heller

Notice that creative desperation is more conscious and deliberate than spotting connections, coincidences, curiosities, and contradictions. People aren't accidentally stumbling onto insights. They are actively searching for them. Another example

If you are not vegan, please consider going vegan. It's a matter of nonviolence. Being vegan is your statement that you reject violence to other sentient beings, to yourself, and to the environment, on which all sentient beings depend.