Quotes About Awareness

Those who believe they have "thought enough" and "learned enough" are on a downward trajectory of increasing unconsciousness.

No one is incapable of expanding his or her consciousness.

The practice of living consciously is the first pillar of self-esteem.

That is why the first steps of building self-esteem can be difficult: We are challenged to raise the level of our consciousness in the face of emotional resistance.

Consciousness does not "reflexively" expand in the face of the new and unfamiliar; sometimes we contract it instead.

Doing what I am doing while I am doing it.

When we feel visible, we feel that the other person and I are in the same reality, the same universe, metaphorically speaking

And as mind becomes more important, self-esteem becomes more important.

There is a continuous feedback loop between our actions in the world and our self-esteem.

As a psychotherapist I see that nothing does as much for an individual's self-esteem as becoming aware of and accepting disowned parts of the self.

A disservice is done to people if they are offered "feel good" notions of self-esteem that divorce it from questions of consciousness, responsibility, and moral choice. There is great joy in self-esteem, and often joy in the process of building or strengthening it, but this should not obscure the fact that more is required than blowing oneself a kiss in the mirror (or numerous other strategies that have been proposed, of equal profundity).

In the world of the future, children will be taught the basic dynamics of self-esteem and the power of living consciously and self-responsibly.

The demand today is for people with knowledge.

Again, living purposefully entails living consciously.

Self-assertiveness" without consciousness is not self-assertiveness; it is drunk-driving.

This entails the choice to see, to think, to be aware, to send the light of consciousness outward toward the world and inward toward our own being.

Self-concept is destiny. Or, more precisely, it tends to be.

To live consciously means to seek to be aware of everything that bears on our actions, purposes, values, and goals-to the best of our ability...

The higher the level of consciousness at which we operate, the more we live by explicit choice and the more naturally does integrity follow as a consequence.

Experiencing our feelings has direct healing power.

Living consciously is both a cause and an effect of self-efficacy and self-respect.

To be in focus does not mean that one must be engaged in the task of problem-solving every moment of one's waking existence. It means that one must know what one's mind is doing.

Knowledge is more widely disseminated and freely available than ever before, making it much easier for people to operate at higher levels of consciousness in their work and consequently to be more productive.

We perceive consciousness as the highest manifestation of life. The higher the form of consciousness, the more advanced the form of life.