Quotes About Awareness

The starting place for radical re-imagining of love is mindfulness.

Compassion grows in us when we know how the energy of love is available all around us.

We can discover the capacity of the mind to be aware, to love, to begin again

Every single moment is expressive of the truth of our lives when we know how to look.

It's important to be aware of how multitasking can stimulate us into mindlessness, giving the illusion of productivity while stealing our focus and harming performance. "When you are walking, walk. When you are sitting, sit," is ancient wisdom.

Letting go—abandoning, relinquishing—is actually the same mind state as generosity. So the practice of giving deeply influences the feeling tone of our meditation practice, and vice versa.

When we practice metta, we open continuously to the truth of our actual experience, changing our relationship to life.

You can see your thoughts and emotions arise & create space for them even if they are uncomfortable.

One of the most powerful aspects of delusion, or ignorance, is the belief that what we do does not really matter.

Our vision becomes very narrow when we need things to be a certain way and cannot accept things the way they actually are.

Being happy at work is possible for all of us, anytime & anywhere, with open eyes and a caring heart

Mindfulness helps us to set boundaries by revealing what makes us unhappy & what brings us peace.

As soon as we ask whether or not a story is true in the present moment, we empower ourselves to re-frame it.

Connecting to your breath when thoughts or images arise is like spotting a friend in a crowd: you don't have to shove everyone else aside or order them to go away; you just direct your attention, your enthusiasm, your interest toward your friend. 'Oh,' you think, 'there's my friend in that crowd. Oh, there's my breath, among those thoughts and feelings and sensations.

Meditation trains the mind the way physical exercise strengthens the body.

To sense which gifts to accept & which to leave behind is our path to discovering freedom.

Meditation is a cyclical process that defies analysis, but demands acceptance.

The skills available to us through mindfulness make it possible to bring love to our connections with others.

What we learn in meditation, we can apply to all other realms of our lives.

Through meditation we come to know that we are dying & being reborn in every moment.

Mindfulness helps us see the addictive aspect of self-criticism— a repetitive cycle of flaying ourselves again and again, feeling the pain anew.

When we set an intention to explore our emotional hot spots, we create a pathway to real love.

Consider how the sky is unharmed by the clouds that pass through it, whether they are light and fluffy-looking or dark and formidable. A mountain is not moved by the winds blowing over it, whether gentle or fierce. The ocean is not destroyed by the waves moving on its surface, whether high or low. In just that way, no matter what we experience, some aspect of ourselves remains unharmed. This is the innate happiness of awareness.

Distraction wastes our energy, concentration restores it.