Quotes About Awareness

Once you have come with the human form, life has given you a certain sense of intelligence, a certain sense of awareness and freedom to choose what you want to be right now, in this moment.

What is the biggest wonder of life?' Without hesitation, Yudhishthira famously answers, 'Hundreds and thousands of living beings meet death at every moment, yet the foolish man thinks himself deathless and does not prepare for death. This is the biggest wonder of life.

Turning inward does not have anything to do with thoughts, ideas, opinions, or philosophies. It has nothing to do with the psychological activity of your mind. Enhancing your perception means enhancing your ability to receive life, just as it is. If you are willing to dedicate just a few minutes of your life to this every day, you would see the change. The simple process of paying a little bit of attention to your inner nature will transform the quality of your life in remarkable ways. Sadhana

If the body is at a certain level of alertness and awareness you will see that once it is well rested, it will awaken—that is, if it is eager to come to life. If it is somehow trying to use the bed as a grave, then it is a problem. Keep the body in such a way that it is not longing to avoid or escape life. Maintain it in such a way that it is longing to come awake.

One should use information and logic as a drunkard would use a lamp post – only for support, not for illumination.

Only he who is constantly aware of the mortal nature of his existence, who knows that the flesh and blood that he carries is nothing more than a heap of ash, is truly self-realized. In incinerating all falsehood within is the making of a yogi. This is the ultimate truth that Adiyogi embodied.

So the whole process of spirituality is just about enhancing your perception. Unfortunately if I use the word 'spirituality,' people think they will have to chant or go sit in the temple, church or mosque, or that they have to give up their food and clothing. Spirituality is not about that. It's about enhancing your perception. The

emotional you" is also the "thinking you" – the way you think is the way you feel.

The moment you get strongly identified, you lose your perspective on life!

If you are really interested in knowing life in all its depth and dimension, it is imperative that you look inward, not out.

Yoga is fundamentally aimed at enhancing your experience beyond the five senses.

People are even beginning to think that fear is a natural part of their existence. No. Fear is a result of the incompleteness of your existence. If you have not explored life in its magnitude and multidimensionality, but have limited yourself to the physical body, fear is a natural consequence.

what you consider to be "myself " is just an accumulation of habits, predispositions, and tendencies you have acquired over time without being conscious of the process.

Responsibility simply means your ability to respond. If you decide, "I am responsible," you will have the ability to respond. If you decide, "I am not responsible," you will not have the ability to respond. It is as simple as that. All it requires is for you to realize that you are responsible for all that you are and all that you are not, all that may happen to you and all that may not happen to you.

If you are free from memory and imagination, you will always be meditative. If you release yourself from these, meditation is just natural. When you sit for meditation, what is your basic problem? You are either thinking about tomorrow or thinking about what happened yesterday

What then is the way out? The way out is a very simple change in direction. You just need to see that the source and basis of your experience is within you.

Every thought that arises in the mind has its roots in data you have already accumulated.

The first thing is to stand up and be sensible. To handle this body, to handle this mind, to handle these emotions, things that are within you right now, to handle them sensibly. If

unless we do the right things, the right things will not happen to us: this is true not just of the outside world, but also the inside.

Your psychological structure is a stone wall. If you are willing, every moment of your life can be a fantastic experience. Just the act of inhaling and exhaling can be a tremendous love affair.

All human experience is one hundred percent self-created.

If you can use it when you want and put it aside when you don't, the mind can be a fantastic tool.

Most people are not aware of the nature of their longing. When their longing finds unconscious expression, we call this greed, conquest, ambition. When their longing finds conscious expression, we call this yoga.

Taking responsibility is not accepting blame instead of assigning it. It simply means consciously responding to the situation. Once you take responsibility, you will invariably start exploring ways to address the situation. You will look for solutions.