Quotes About Awareness

The ignorant man passes through the world dead to all pleasures, save those of the senses.

I) want to do everything and see everything, sense everything and feel everything and taste everything; to know that life is an enormous experience and must be used. To be in the world, and of the world, and never to stand aside and watch.

Moving toward a more harmonious way of life and greater resilience requires our active participation. This means finding ways to become more aware of and connected to the other forms of life that are around us and that constitute our food -- plants and animals, as well as bacteria and fungi -- and to the resources, such as water, fuel, materials, tools, and transportation, upon which we depend. It means taking responsibility for our shit, both literally and figuratively.

Answers are the opiate of the people!

Appreciation is the intention to live with gratitude and consciously acknowledge the value and blessings already within and around you. It's the willingness to notice all the good things and wonderful experiences you already have-and the desire to filter your whole life through this grateful attitude.

If you're an urgent thinker, you must ask yourself why you have to be so frantic about things. Force yourself to slow down—both mentally and physically. A leisurely pace creates a welcoming energy. Start to speak more calmly, drive more slowly, and eat more leisurely. Choose to enjoy the moment instead of racing through it.

That which you focus on will expand in your life. And if you're constantly noticing what you lack, then the deficiencies in your life will become overwhelming.

Doesn't it bother your conscience to know that thousands of trees give up their lives just to keep you in reading matter that you dont read?

I have a healthy respect for gravity. The ground is always there, trying to pull you down. It's the most important thing to keep in mind.

emotions to surface now.

What people aren't looking for, they rarely see.

last to know, but he usually wants to know." "Knowing wouldn't have made a difference

cosmic puppeteer might be listening

None of us wants to see the truth of what is right in front of us, do they? But for our protection, we must not sugar-coat the truth. We must have the courage to see people for what they are.

Negative thoughts and emotions are very powerful and prevent us from living in the present moment - they literally steal away our precious time.

I have a body, but I am not my body. I have a mind and thoughts, but I am not my mind. I have emotions and feelings, but I am not my emotions.

From the right to know and the duty to inquire flows the obligation to act.

When I realized that by "no one" this man was referring to approximately 750,000 children, I knew that I had found my passion and my cause.

because in point of fact we would have come flying if we had known remotely how much he was suffering.

to never again be led like sheep to the slaughter.

The ultimate experience of being mindful occurs when we forget about everything, even the mindful self and doing. In that mode we are full of energy, utterly self-generated.

There was nothing like losing something to make one value its worth.

Ze moet het huis uit, en haar hoofd uit. Zolang we in een bekende omgeving zijn, blijven we hangen in ons hoofd, met al die onzinnige gedachten waar we niets mee opschieten. In het buitenlans léven we in onze zintuigen; dan nemen we al die nieuwe en prachtige taferelen, geuren en geluiden in ons op. We stijgen uit boven het zinloze gepruttel van onze gedachten en leven volkomen in het nu. Fairfield Park -

The Now is the only thing that is real, anyway