Quotes About Awareness

The Course asks us to read its words slowly and carefully, thinking about what they mean. It asks us to take them personally and treat them as practical, as more than an intellectual game. If we will do this with the Text, we will experience our old worldview being slowly dismantled and a new worldview arising in its place.

is that you are responsible for what you think because it is only at this level that you can exercise choice.

A miracle is a shift in perception. ["A Course In Miracles", a metaphysical text]

Tu propio estado mental es un buen ejemplo de cómo fue inventado el ego. 2 Cuando repudiaste el Conocimiento fue como si nunca lo hubieses tenido. 3 Esto es tan evidente que basta con que lo reconozcas para constatar que eso es lo que en realidad ocurre.

A glass devil is a person in whom evil becomes transparent. People simply don't see it, despite the fact that it's there all the time.

We must prepare and study truth under every aspect, endeavoring to ignore nothing, if we do not wish to fall into the abyss of the unknown when the hour shall strike.

Time is only an illusion produced by the succession of our states of consciousness as we travel through eternal duration, and it does not exist where no consciousness exists in which the illusion can be produced; but "lies asleep."

Before the soul can see, the Harmony within must be attained, and fleshly eyes be rendered blind to all illusion.

Being reflective also means listening to your inner self with new ears. The truth is, we think we've heard our own story so much that we stop listening to it! We become like the people in our lives who we complain don't listen to us. With reflection, we listen freshly to our selves, the way we would like to be listened to. There

The slumber of the "I" is at the root of most suffering.

A person might say, for example, "I am scared because the world is a dangerous place" and therefore never stop being afraid, because the world's not going to change. Feelings are always a mix of internal and external reality. If this person fully listened to her fear as a feeling inside her, not as a fact about the world, she'd become much clearer about what she was afraid of, and why, and what she could do about the fear.

We are consciousness wanting to expand.

Tal vez sea cierto, o tal vez no. Porque ahora, al mirar a mi alrededor en la alfombra, siento una certeza: está aquí.

I take a few deep breaths before I begin to speak, and I listen to the sounds in the room—this gets me focused and really present with my audience.

Confidence spark One of the best ways to listen to someone is to tune in to the sound of his voice. He may be saying one thing but meaning something else. Focus on the quality of his tone—does he sound stressed or confident? What do you know about him that can help you figure out what he is really saying? If thoughts come up that distract you, just keep focusing on his voice to heighten your awareness of his real motivation and mental state.

Awareness is key, and we need to apply our best judgment and intuition to each situation.

But if no one speaks honestly to you, how will you know what is getting in the way of your moving up?

honest feedback is a must. What we don't know will hurt us.

But she had learned that it was smart not to reveal that all her senses were in full working order; instead, she allowed people to act in accordance with their own preconceptions. This was often a useful source of information, and Maud could form her own opinion of the person and the situation.

When all is said and done, a single word, "understanding," is the beacon light of our studies —MARC BLOCH

You think you know everything about a person, but the truth often comes as a surprise.

I know a guy who had his nose broken in two places. He ought to stay out of those places.

There is no curing a sick man who believes himself to be in health.

I am more sensitive than other people. Things that other people would not notice awaken a distinct echo in me, and in such moments of lucidity, when I look at myself, I see that I am alone, all alone, all alone.