Quotes About Awareness

You just give total attention to the movement of energy known as fear, total mindfulness, not separating yourself from it at all, also not identifying with it.

You sit and are aware of the breathing, but not in a pinpoint way. Your attention is not at the nostrils or chest or abdomen but, in a much more open way, on the whole body, a panoramic view of the sitting breathing body.

I already know that," you might say. Well, you do. And you also don't.

I have to sound critical just to let people know there is more to life than they have realized.

They can't believe they're just supposed to sit there and watch the breath.

But seeing that the mind has wandered is practice.

We woke up every day at 3:00 A.M., and would sit around the clock—fifty minutes of sitting followed by ten minutes of brisk walking—until 11:00 P.M.

Men det man ikke faÌŠr se, bli enda verre for vaÌŠre øyne. Det vokser. Det forsvinner aldri. Uvitenheten er et drivhus hvor de skrekkeligste blomster gror.

Den natta lå jeg og tenkte på døden, lysvåken, jeg lå langt bak øynene mine og stirra i et digert mørke, og det gikk opp for meg, uten at jeg egentlig skjønte det, at jeg allerede var begynt å dø, det var en motbydelig tanke, og jeg grein.

A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience.

There must be a happy medium somewhere between being totally informed and blissfully unaware.

Isn't it fascinating how long a few minutes seem when you are completely alone with not a familiar face in sight?

Ya?ay?p bitirdi?i her günün, tutulmaz bir ku? olup uçtu?una, yava? yava? gözden silinip bir küçük kara noktaya dönü?tü?üne karar verdi. Gözünü yumdu?unda her yan?n? saran karanl???n, bu küçük kara noktalardan olu?tu?unu ke?fetti.

Solutions- The first step toward a cure is to know what the disease is.

Be on your guard against a silent dog and still water.

Even though there were too many feelings, it strikes me that having them all at once, all tangled together, is one of the most interesting things that's ever happened to me.

When we recognize that we don't have all the time in the world, we see our priorities most clearly.

It's harder to appreciate what you don't have to look hard to find.

Freedom, I am beginning to realize, means not even being aware you're free.

It still astounds me, and makes me envious, to see how men and women can sit together so freely and talk. They have no idea what a luxury this is. Freedom, I am beginning to realize, means not even being aware you're free.

May you realize your own freedom.

To listen with presence means there is nothing else in the world going on but the person in front of you and what they have to say. When you ask, you need to listen to the person's every word and be present, and show you are present, and then and only then can you make the right response to their ask.

No tenía claro a dónde debía dirigirse, pero confiaba en que, cuando llegara ahí, lo sabría. Porque los árboles estarían cantando.

No, madre. Puedo garantizar que no tiene ninguna marca de nacimiento en ninguna parte de su cuerpo. El rey carraspeó con suavidad. La reina arqueó de nuevo la ceja y el príncipe fue súbitamente consciente de lo que acababa de decir. Miró de reojo a su prometida, azorado;