Quotes About Awareness

as if languagelessness was a step up, in evolution, from the chatter of consciousness.

Let the breath lead the way.

As we practice meditation, we get used to stillness and eventually are able to make friends with the quietness of our sensations.

Meditation is a microcosm, a model, a mirror. The skills we practice when we sit are transferable to the rest of our lives.

The art of concentration is a continual letting go. We let go of what is inessential or distracting. We let go of a thought or a feeling, not because we are afraid of it or because we can't bear to acknowledge it as a part of our experience; but, because it is UNNECESSARY.

Meditation can be a refuge, but it is not a practice in which real life is ever excluded. The strength of mindfulness is that it enables us to hold difficult thoughts and feelings in a different way—with awareness, balance, and love

Meditation may be done in silence & stillness, by using voice & sound, or by engaging the body in movement. All forms emphasize the training of attention.

In order to do anything about the suffering of the world we must have the strength to face it without turning away.

Meditation is essentially training our attention so that we can be more aware— not only of our own inner workings but also of what's happening around us in the here & now.

We can understand the inherent radiance & purity of our minds by understanding metta. Like the mind, metta is not distorted by what it encounters.

Our practice rather than being about killing the ego is about simply discovering our true nature.

Training attention through meditation opens our eyes.

The poet Rumi says: How long will we fill our pockets like children with dirt and stones? Let the world go. Holding it, we never know ourselves, never are airborne.

Mindfulness can play a big role in transforming our experience with pain & other difficulties; it allows us to recognize the authenticity of the distress & yet not be overwhelmed by it.

It is awareness of both our shared pain and our longing for happiness that links us to other people and helps us to turn toward them with compassion.

look at the world with quiet eyes.

Only when we start to distinguish reality from fantasy that we can humbly, with eyes wide open, forge loving and sustainable connections with others.

We have the power to improve our work lives immeasurably through awareness, compassion, patience & ingenuity.

Mindfulness won't ensure you'll win an argument with your sister. Mindfulness won't enable you to bypass your feelings of anger or hurt either. But it may help you see the conflict in a new way, one that allows you to break through old patterns.

Instead of catching ourselves after we first felt angry, we develop a visceral sensitivity to what's happening within us in the moment & through mindfulness, we can shape our reaction right away.

Mindfulness is the agent of our freedom. Through mindfulness we arrive at faith we grow in wisdom & we attain equanimity.

While happiness is an end in itself, it is also the state of mind we can have right now.

Pain & suffering requires time, awareness, and an intentional practice of self-love to disentangle.

When we bring deep awareness to whatever's bothering us, the same things might be happening, but we are able to relate to them differently.