Quotes About Awareness

The Great Perfection I learned from my naturally aware mind. I have realized that all phenomena are like dreams, like magic.

The awakened state of enlightenment is your own awareness that is naturally awake. (p. 102)

There is no difference between buddhas and sentient beings other than their scope of mind. What is called mind, consciousness, or awareness, is of a single identity. The mind of a sentient being is limited. The mind of a buddha is all-pervasive. So develop a scope of mind that is like the sky, which has no limit to the east, west, north, or south.

There is no difference between buddhas and sentient beings other than their scope of mind. What is called mind, consciousness, or awareness, is of a single identity. The mind of a sentient being is limited. The mind of a buddha is all-pervasive. So develop a scope of mind that is like the sky, which has no limit to the east, west, north, or south. – Shri Singha

When you hear pleasant or unpleasant words, understand them to be an empty resounding, like an echo. When you encounter severe misfortune and misery, understand it to be a temporary occurrence, a deluded experience. Recognize that the innate nature is never apart from you... (p. 29)

Unless you realize that your own mind is the buddha, you will be deceived by the multitude of conceptual thoughts. So realize that your own mind is the buddha!

To be a hermit doesn't just mean to live in the deep forest; it means that one's mind is free from dualistic constructs.

Buddhahood is attained by recognizing one's nature.

Strive after the Good before thou art in danger, before pain masters thee and thy mind loses its keeness

To feel at home in this desperate world of ours is the surest sign that one has failed to recognize it.

Happiness is never stopping to think if you are.

Open your mind and clear it of all thoughts that would deceive.

Poverty consciousness results from wearing … blinders to the abundance of life." — GLENDA GREEN, AMERICAN PAINTER AND AUTHOR

Picking Another Channel "Emancipate yourself from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our minds.

Great spirit is everywhere. It is not necessary to speak to him in a loud voice. He hears whatever is in our minds and hearts." —BLACK ELK, LAKOTA MEDICINE MAN Most

there's no such thing as an idle thought and that all of us are way too cavalier and tolerant of our minds' wandering.

the universe doesn't exist without a perceiver of that universe.") All

You will not break loose until you realize that you yourself forge the chains that bind you." —ARTEN IN THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE UNIVERSE, BY GARY RENARD

Miracles are like pimples, because once you start looking for them you find more than you ever dreamed you'd see.

You cannot know wisdom. You can only be wisdom.

It's imperative to practice conscious, moment-by-moment awareness. Otherwise, you're operating out of old encrusted beliefs, beliefs you downloaded before you were five years old. Do you really want a five-year-old running your life?

If your mind isn't cluttered by unnecessary things, this could be the best day of your life." —

When we don't stop daily to inventory all the gazillion things going right in our lives, the crazy voices in our heads try to make us their

Nothing could be more vital than to be suspicious of the voice in my head.