Quotes About Awareness

Sometimes a little discomfort in the beginning can save a whole lot of pain down the road.

Now you people have names. That's because you don't know who you are. We know who we are, so we don't need names.

All I have is all I need and all I need is all I have in this moment.

Whatever you are looking for is also looking for you. You see, don't only look. Be available and ready when it shows up

Therefore do not deceive yourself! Of all deceivers fear most yourself!

Expect the unexpected, my mother once said. Because the unexpected most certainly will be expecting you.

The great advantage of being in a rut is that when one is in a rut, one knows exactly where one is.

The more you learn, the more you know that you know nothing.

That way you can be certain to learn something you didn't know previously.

Changing mass consciousness is an individual responsibility.

So do not be concerned with the fruit of your action-just give attention to the action itself. The fruit will come of its own accord.

The trap of the self is the trap that causes unhappiness. We define ourselves too much; whereas the infinite, the pure radiant spirit, is not so definable.

You can hit my father over the head with a chair and he won't wake up, but my mother, all you have to do to my mother is cough somewhere in Siberia and she'll hear you.

You created this moment from what you thought and felt three days ago. What you are thinking and feeling right now will create your next moments. You cool with that?

Read less, study less, but think more

If you don't create your reality, your reality will create you.

I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham.

What is time to a water rat? What is time to the river? Only we humans obsess over days and minutes, hours and seasons.

A person all wrapped up in themselves makes for a mighty small package.

Enlightenment is understanding that there is nowhere to go, nothing to do, and nobody you have to be except exactly who you're being right now.

Many of us worry about the situation of the world . . . We need to remain calm, to see clearly. Meditation is a means to be aware, and to try to help.

The first task in teaching is to bring to consciousness what the students already believe by virtue of their personal experiences about themselves and society.

Miracles occur all around us, signs from God show us the way, angels plead to be heard, but we pay little attention to them.

Meditate. Breathe consciously. Listen. Pay attention. Treasure every moment. Make the connection.