Quotes About Awareness

Entregamos nuestra vida a las cosas y luego nos sorprendemos de haberla perdido

El presente es la única entrada al mundo espiritual, que no se encuentra nunca en el pasado ni en el futuro. El pasado es solo memoria y el futuro es imaginación. El presente en cambio se abre, como una puerta que suponíamos clausurada, a lo que está más allá de nuestros miedos, de nuestro limitado 'yo' y sus amarras terrestres y cotidianas.

For it is not knowing much, but realising and relishing things interiorly, that contents and satisfies the soul.

To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck hears also.

I live neither in the past nor in the future. I am in the present. I cannot know what tomorrow will bring forth. I can know only what the truth is for me today. That is what I am called upon to serve, and I serve it in all lucidity.

The purpose of life is to be restored back to Love, moment to moment. To fulfill this purpose, the individual must acknowledge that he is 100 percent responsible for creating his life the way it is. He must come to see that it is his thoughts that create his life the way it is moment to moment.The problems are not people, places, and situations but rather the thoughts of them. He must come to appreciate that there is no such thing as "out there.

Like vanishing dew, a passing apparition or the sudden flash of lightning -- already gone -- thus should one regard one's self.

Look at the cherry blossoms! Their color and scent fall with them, Are gone forever, Yet mindless The spring comes again.

born born everything is always born thinking about it try not to

the wise know nothing at all well maybe one song

pleasure pain are equal in a clear heart no mountain hides the moon

flowers are silent silence is silent the mind is a silent flower the silent flower of the world opens

I can see clouds a thousand miles away, hear ancient music in the pines.

sometimes all I am is dark emptiness I can't hide in the sleeves of my own robes

Studying texts and stiff meditation can make you lose your Original Mind. A solitary tune by a fisherman, though, can be an invaluable treasure.

here I am simply trying to get into your head you think you were born you die what a pity

cut off everything from everything stand here the soles of your feet the ground your brain in the black nothing between

Every day, priests minutely examine the Dharma And endlessly chant complicated sutras. Before doing that, though, they should learn How to read the love letters sent by The wind and rain, the snow and moon.

To see truth as truth, we don't need a lot of study. It's not complicated. What we need is pure observation. An open mind and fresh eyes will serve us well.

The key to meditation is to exist one hundred percent in the here and now.

Our exclusive dependence on rational thought and language has obscured our natural ability to sense the flow of energy.

if you close your eyes and begin to feel your breath, it will instantly become deeper and slower, and your mind will become calmer. Then gradually you'll become aware of your body, or more precisely the subtle sense of energy inside and around your body. At that moment, you exist as Energy-Consciousness, not as names, jobs, duties, roles, desires, and so on.

In order to be the master of your life, you must first recognize that you are the rightful master of your brain, its owner and operator.

Everyone has a "greatness within" to be of service and to benefit their family, friends, neighbors, their community and humanity. From that "Greatness," the beautiful and holy intention to benefit all life springs forth. At that moment when you have heard your inner voice, what did you do? The moment you became aware of your greatness within, what did you do? Did you acknowledge and accept it? Or did you turn away from it?