Quotes About Awareness

I believe tobacco is a slow poison and it's unfortunate that a lot of youngsters are hooked to it.

The increased use of cigarettes and tobacco products among youth is worrying. Starting with cigarettes and tobacco, youngsters are soon lured into use of drugs.

You can close your eyes to reality but not to memories.

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. Make the Now the primary focus of your life.

Miracles happen everyday, change your perception of what a miracle is and you'll see them all around you.

You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.

There is no such thing as paranoia. Your worst fears can come true at any moment.

It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

If your emotional abilities aren't in hand, if you don't have self-awareness, if you are not able to manage your distressing emotions, if you can't have empathy and have effective relationships, then no matter how smart you are, you are not going to get very far.

When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else. Most people in the city rush around so, they have no time to look at a flower. I want them to see it whether they want to or not.

A squirrel dying in front of your house may be more relevant to your interests right now than people dying in Africa.

If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive.

The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes.

Don't throw stones at your neighbors if your own windows are glass.

If you truly get in touch with a piece of carrot, you get in touch with the soil, the rain, the sunshine. You get in touch with Mother Earth and eating in such a way, you feel in touch with true life, your roots, and that is meditation. If we chew every morsel of our food in that way we become grateful and when you are grateful, you are happy.

Your entire life only happens in this moment. The present moment is life itself. Yet, people live as if the opposite were true and treat the present moment as a stepping stone to the next moment - a means to an end.

You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.

It is better to have your head in the clouds, and know where you are... than to breathe the clearer atmosphere below them, and think that you are in paradise.

Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you have already.

Your body hears everything your mind says.

It's just health. They call it mental health, but your brain is part of your body. It's an injury. You just can't see it.

Breathe in deeply to bring your mind home to your body. Then look at, or think of, the person triggering this emotion: With mindfulness, you can see that she is unhappy, that she is suffering. You can see her wrong perceptions. You can see that she is not beautiful when she says things that are unkind.

Everything you do, every thought you have, every word you say creates a memory that you will hold in your body. It's imprinted on you and affects you in subtle ways - ways you are not always aware of. With that in mind, be very conscious and selective.

You need to listen to your body because your body is listening to you.