Quotes About Consciousness

there are some things you don't even know you know, until you're asked.

Beneath outer consciousness, two other beings, anonymous, impersonal, without labels, had met and recognized each other and clasped hands.

Waking up begins with am and now. That which has awoken then lies for a while staring up at the ceiling and down into itself until it has recognized I, and therefrom deduced I am, I am now.

Christopher Isherwood

And without guilt and dread, who am I?

That's it?" Joshua asked, as he hopped off his post and winced upon landing. "Why did we set up twenty posts if we were only going to use three?" "Why were you thinking of twenty when you can only stand on one?" answered Three. "I have to pee," I said. "Exactly," said the monk. So there you have it: Buddhism.   Each

When you sit, sit. When you breathe, breathe. When you eat, eat," Gaspar would say, meaning that every bit of our being was to be in the moment, completely aware of the now, no past, no future, nothing dividing us from everything that is. It's hard for me, a Jew, to stay in the moment. Without the past, where is the guilt? And without the future, where is the dread? And without guilt and dread, who am I?

When you sit, sit. When you breathe, breathe. When you eat, eat

He closed his eyes and sank into the warm dusk that separates consciosness and sleep, where reality bends and sways to the wind of thought, and where creativity blossoms in its freedom from boundaries and all things are possible.

Magic is the art of thinking, not strength or language.

If a dragon has already transferred their consciousness to their heart of hearts, then they will die a true death.

We are the universe watching itself, watching and learning.

Saber no tiene nada que ver con ser.

How much reality did the contents of one's mind actually possess?

Lebe in der Gegenwart und hab keine Angst vor der Zukunft, denn sie existiert nicht und wird es auch nie tun. Es gibt nur das Jetzt.

Debes aprender... a ver lo que estás mirando.

We are the mind of the universe itself. We and the Jellies and all self-aware beings. We are the universe watching itself, watching and learning.

Only then did Eragon again become aware of Saphira and Glaedr pressing against his consciousness, watching with steadfast attentiveness every thought that flickered through his mind. Both of the dragons were as tense as Eragon had ever felt them. If he were to poke Saphira, he guessed she would be so startled, she would twist herself in circles. And if I were to poke you, nothing would be left but a smear , she commented. Eragon smiled.

Live in the present, remember the past, and fear not the future, for it doesn't exist and never shall. There is only now.

The only thing she could be certain of was that she existed. All else was suspect, even her own thoughts.

Don't you see, Prisoner?" said Jorrus. "We are the mind of the universe itself. We and the Jellies and all self-aware beings. We are the universe watching itself, watching and learning.

For an instant, she was certain she was dead, but … the universe continued to exist. She continued to exist.

It's times like this when someone is talking to you like you are a grown-up that you have to be careful not to pick your nose or dig your drawers out of your butt.

Before long, you'll find yourself thinking of the list before you act, which will set the stage for making choices you can live with.