Quotes About Awareness

most of the problems we think we have stem from too much self-focus rather than too little.

L" energy is always within us, however, and we can become more aware of it not by trying harder but by slowing and quieting down to, as fifteenth-century philosopher Marsilio Ficino suggested, turn toward the mystery of our own nature the way a sunflower turns toward the sun.

Quien no conoce su historia está condenado a repetir sus errores.

We believe that the health of a culture is measured in part by the vigor with which its immune system responds to nonsense.

Sit up to slow down,

Taoist (as well as Buddhist) science therefore seeks the eternal, universal light of consciousness that lies hidden like a 'shining pearl' in the heart of all sentient beings. Once the mystery of awareness itself has been fathomed, everything else comes sharply into focus with perfect clarity. As an ancient Taoist maxim says: 'If you can open this one gate, all other gates will open naturally.

There are two types of people in life - those who get it and those who don't.

It is too clear and so it is hard to see. A dunce once searched for a fire with a lighted lantern. Had he known what fire was, He could have cooked his rice much sooner.

When the mouth opens All are wrong.

While listening to stringed instruments, hear their composite central sound; thus omnipresence.

Gutei raised his finger whenever he was asked a question about Zen. A boy attendant began to imitate him in this way. When anyone asked the boy what his master had preached about, the boy would raise his finger. Gutei heard about the boy's mischief. He seized him and cut off his finger. The boy cried and ran away. Gutei called and stopped him. When the boy turned his head to Gutei, Gutei raised up his own finger. In that instant the boy was enlightened.

When asked to perform a miracle, a Zen master responded: "My miracle is that when I feel hungry I eat, and when I feel thirsty I drink.

55. See as for the first time a beauteous person as an ordinary object.

When there is no place for Zen in the head of our generation, it is in grievous trouble.

On my upcoming sixteenth birthday, I would be eligible to get my driver's license. "You'll be a target of the state police, especially after dark," my father said, and offered me detailed advice on what to do in order to minimize my risk. He also urged me to stay alert whenever I found myself in an unfamiliar white neighborhood: "Always be conscious of where you are, what is going on, and who is around you," he counseled.

Good mentalizing refers to mental and relational strengths as curiosity, perspective taking, forgiveness, reflective contemplation, a trusting attitude, humility, playfulness , willingness to assume responsibility and accept accountability and being aware of one's impact on others (Bateman and Fonagy 2016

Dysmorphia is when someone looks in the mirror, and sees something else. While I studied my own whatever I was, I decided that maybe everyone has at least a touch of dysmorphia; maybe it's impossible for anyone to ever truly know what they look like.

People always knew more than you gave them credit for. Perhaps, in the end, no one had any secrets at all.

Homo sapiens, which as far as I can tell is only another way of saying weaponised chimpanzees who are hellbent on tearing their cage apart without realising it's not a cage, it's their fucking life support they're shredding.

Getting drunk or high every night. Being hungover every morning. You run out of options at a certain point. You come to understand why everybody else is living the boring life. And it doesn't look so boring anymore.

Do you even know what gay stands for? Well, let me tell you. G-A-Y. Got Aids yet?

People say a lie is just a lie, but I say why deny the obvious child.

I believe that mycelium is the neurological network of nature. Interlacing mosaics of mycelium infuse habitats with information-sharing membranes. These membranes are aware, react to change, and collectively have the long-term health of the host environment in mind. The mycelium stays in constant molecular communication with its environment, devising diverse enzymatic and chemical responses to complex challenges.

The person you have to watch is the one pointing the finger.