Quotes About Awareness

knew nonpoisonous snakes from the baddies, a lesson she still remembered

I WANT EVERYONE to understand that no book and no doctor is a substitute for one's own sensitive contemplation and careful observations. Books with their ready-made formulas have dulled our vision and slackened the mind. Living by other people's experiences, research, and opinions, we have lost our self-confidence and we fail to observe things for ourselves.

Lucky ain't a puppy no more and he don't bark for just any old reason. It takes a mailman, a squirrel, a car, a bird, a blowing leaf, or a tumbling scrap of paper to get him stirred up now.

Children pay attention to the truth their bodies tell them. Adults learn to allow their defense mechanisms to alter the truth . As adults we are alerted to danger by bodily sensations that we need to pay attention to. These could include a flash of fear , sweating, a tight stomach, a pounding heart, the hair standing up on the neck, or a general feeling of discomfort that we may be unable to name.

Spiritual intuition alerts us when we sense that something is not right or when we just "know" this isn't the person for us or the place for us to be in. We know these things without any overt knowledge or concrete information as to why we know them.

If we want to truly live, at some point, we find the dark facts of psychic life demand our full attention.

I, or any mortal at any time, may be utterly mistaken as to the situation he is really in. —C. S. Lewis

When you see a quote that impresses you by how powerful it is, pause and say to yourself, "But hang on, is it total bullshit?" It's amazing how often you can instantly see it's bullshit. Sometimes you can flip back and forth, profound/bullshit, like that rabbit/duck picture.

Always remember that with privilege comes responsibility. You must go to Casa Azul and see the place you came from. Only then will you be able to understand how far you've come.

The bodhicitta (spirit of enlightenment) starts arising when one sees what a mess we are all in. One can't begin to see that until one is a little way out of the mess oneself.

Foundations of Mindfulness found in the Satipa??h?na Sutta of the Majjhima Nik?ya?

Not everyone knows how to handle your fragile "package" with care. Know your worth.

We always say listen to the heart, or the mind or even our gut, but there is something magical about listening to when the hairs on our hands stand up.

These people are called the "invisible second patients.

MEDITATION - Nothing Without Consciousness?

Mindfullness is an invention by the modern world.

Men soon the faults of others learn, A few their virtues, too, find out; But is there one?I have a doubt? Who can his own defects discern?

The moment you realize yourself as the dreamer and the world as your own dream, you will attain salvation.

The person who does not see, hear or know anything other than the True Self is all-pervading. As long as you perceive things other than your Self, and consider those entities to be real, you will remain limited and finite, not infinite and eternal.

Jíj bent je leven. Dus je leven is waar je bent.

Men become superstitious, not because they have too much imagination, but because they are not aware that they have any.

Uno necesita un presente, para no tener que pensar en el pasado.

Haiku is not a shriek, a howl, a sigh, or a yawn; rather, it is the deep breath of life.

We are addicted to our thoughts. We cannot change anything if we cannot change our thinking.