Quotes About Awareness

Never climb a tree in a long dress," Kate panted, coming up behind me. "I'll remember that," I said.

Ah I can see that.... You can see anything once you've been told it's there to see

Truth is always what they don't say.

without thought, for you are not ready for thought

You know, one thought I've had quite a few times… is that the near death experience I had – I wonder if I created this… I think that certain people are able to create their own "shock treatments," and I almost have a feeling that this clinical death experience is your own form of shock therapy to make you aware.

There is a qigong saying, "When the intent (yi) arrives, the qi [life force] arrives." This means that the more your mind is focused on what you are doing, the more qi you can develop and control.

Why waste energy with wasted movements?] Very commonly, tightening and furrowing the brow while concentrating... Is the brain a muscle that works better by tensing the skull?

Zen people almost never talk about hell or sin. For the real problem is ignorance, especially ignorance about our true identity.

Reality is neither good nor bad; it is a matter of how we choose to perceive it. For someone who has mastered the art of seeing, the world is always perfect. External reality does not have to change in order to make us happy. The secret lies in changing our perception of it.

Disappointment is the fast track to enlightenment because it accelerates our coming to terms with reality.

The point of Zen is not to defy reason but to recognize the limitations of rationality.

When was the last time you noticed the beauty of a cool breeze or the wonder of a starry sky or the vibrancy of a wild flower on the roadside? I used to have the ability to instantly appreciate the beauty of all these when I was a child, but by the time I was twenty it was almost lost. (It took a lot of Zen practice for me to regain it.) The world has not changed that much; there are still summer breezes, night skies, and wild flowers. But where has the perception gone?

Zen is a transcultural and trans-religious phenomenon. No matter where you are, you can always find it. Zen is in you.

The Zen experience is what happens when you lose yourself in the moment. It feels as if the whole world stops, and you have a supreme sense of harmony and peace. But in fact, what actually stops is your ego-process. When the ego-process stops, so stop your expectations, desires, worries, and anxiety. Then you find yourself living in the present, overtaken by joy and filled with peace.

That free will was demonstrated in the placing of temptation before man with the command not to eat of the fruit of the tree which would give him a knowledge of good and evil, with the disturbing moral conflict to which that awareness would give rise.

A neurosis is a secret that you don't know you're keeping.

A neurosis is a secret that you don't know you are keeping.

I just want to live simply and pay attention to what's happening each day.

Honey, Maggie Jones said. Victoria. Listen to me. You're here now. This is where you are.

unsure how to respond. "But I guess we knew that without strutting up here to have a look. Just thought you ought to see it." Norm walked away,

Continue to contaminate your own bed, and you will one night suffocate in your own waste. " — Chief Seattle Suqwamish and Duwamish T

People should think of their words like seeds. They should plant them, then let them grow in silence. Our old people taught us that the earth is always speaking to us, but that we have to be silent to hear her.

It's a way to turn your mind to the Creator and to make sure you're dedicating everything to him. Get up in the morning, give thanks to the Creator. Have a chance to do some good, give thanks to the Creator. Whatever you do, make a little gesture to remind yourself that you are doing it in the presence of the Creator.

the paper on my lap. Slowly