Quotes About Awareness

Really, can they be this blind? Can people be so abysmally stupid and live?

La vida es un breve periodo de tiempo durante el que estamos vivos.

self-laceration is never more than a memory away

If there was ever anything to know, now he knew he never had known it.

Knowing what we don't know is better than thinking we know what we don't.

Some cooks prepare their meals and leave a big mess for later, but the way of zen is to clean as you go.

The Buddha's lesson: Do not wait for the moment of imminent death to taste life's sweetness. Savor it now. Every breath we take is precious. Treat it as such, and all of life becomes a luscious dessert.

Zen is nothing more than adhering to such simple tasks, with full attention.

If we cannot detect God's presence in the world, it may be that we have been looking in the wrong places.

In other words, the proof of spiritual maturity is not how 'pure' you are but awareness of your impurity. That very awareness opens the door to grace.

Earth is crammed with heaven And every bush aflame with God But only those who see take off their shoes. —ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING

Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?

The proof of spiritual maturity, Tolstoy contended, is not how "pure" you are but awareness of your impurity. That very awareness opens the door to grace.

Be careful," warned Nietzsche, "lest in fighting the dragon you become the dragon." I

When I am tempted to complain about God's lack of presence, I remind myself that God has much more reason to complain about my lack of presence.

Thielicke gently turned his parishioners to the example of Jesus who saw like no one else the anguish and injustice, the terror, of this planet. Shouldn't such awareness have filled his every waking hour and robbed him of sleep at night? Shouldn't it have shaken his very soul?

God is already present, in the most unexpected places. We just need to make God visible.

When we ignore the world outside the walls we suffer—as does it.

On the other hand, if the subject had nothing to do but think about his pain (as is true in many hospitals and nursing homes), he showed much greater sensitivity.

We cannot make Him visible to us, but we can make ourselves visible to Him," said Abraham Joshua Heschel

I relish the sense of being alone with nature, knowing that of all people in the world only I am hearing these sounds in this place. The tranquil mood feels vaguely religious, what I should be feeling in church but rarely do. In

and said, almost without thinking, "Well, of course, Philip, God was already present in the prison. I just had to make him visible." I have often thought of that line from Joanna, which would make a fine mission statement for all of us seeking to know and follow God. God is already present, in the most unexpected places. We just need to make God visible.

As a Southerner, coming of age for me included a dawning awareness that we were living with a story that was self-deceiving, a lie. The resulting tension planted something deep in my soul, a nagging sense of betrayal.

God already knows who we are; we are the ones who must find a way to come to terms with our true selves.