Quotes About Awareness

History has a pulse, they say- but mostly I have never been able to hear it, not even when its drumming in my goddamn ears.

I take leaps and gambles with my work all the time—or at least I try to. You must be willing to take risks if you want to live a creative existence. But if you're going to gamble, know that you are gambling. Never roll the dice without being aware that you are holding a pair of dice in your hands. And make certain that you can actually cover your bets (both emotionally and financially).

Yoga is about self-mastery and the dedicated effort to haul your attention away from your endless brooding over the past and your nonstop worrying about the future so that you can seek, instead, a place of eternal presence from which you may regard yourself and your surroundings with poise. Only

Of course God already knows what I need. The question is - do I know?

They come upon me all silent and menacing like Pinkerton Detectives, and they flank me—Depression on my left, Loneliness on my right. They don't need to show me their badges. I know these guys very well.

But you must stop looking at the world through your head. You must look through your heart, instead. That way, you will know God.

Repression and denial set up elaborate games to pretend that negative thoughts and feelings are not occurring.

It was like looking at a spot on a wall where a clock had hung for years, and seeing only an empty space. She could not train herself not to look; the emptiness surprised her every time.

sometimes you count the days, sometimes you weigh them.

I have come to understand what part of me is suffering when I fail: It's just my ego. It's that simple.

Not merely alive, but outfitted with a mind that was functioning at the uppermost limits of its capacity—a mind that was seeing everything, and understanding everything, as though watching it all from the highest imaginable ridge.

Give your mind a job to do, or else it will find a job to do, and you might not like the job it invents (eating the couch, digging a hole through the living room floor, biting the mailman, etc.). It has taken me years to learn this, but it does seem to be the case that if I am not actively creating something, then I am probably actively destroying something (myself, a relationship, or my own peace of mind).

Para hallar el equilibrio que buscas te tienes que convertir en esto. Debes tener los pies tan firmemente plantados en la tierra que parezca que tienes cuatro piernas en lugar de dos. De este modo podrás estar en el mundo. Pero debes dejar de mirar el mundo con la mente. Tienes que mirarlo con el corazón. Así llegarás a conocer a Dios.

no vemos nuestro reflejo en el agua en movimiento, sino en el agua quieta.

People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that's what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that's holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life. A true soul mate is probably the most important person you'll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake.

you need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select what clothes you're gonna wear every day. This is a power you can cultivate. If you want to control things in your life so bad, work on the mind. That's the only thing you should be trying to control. Drop

You already know so much more than you think you know. You are not finished; you are merely ready.

There's a reason the call God a presence ~ because God is right here , right now. In the present is the only place to find Him, and now is the only time.

And what are your duties at the theater?" "To catch things that are falling through midair, right before they hit the ground and shatter.

There's a reason they call God a presence ~ because God is right here , right now. In the present is the only place to find Him, and now is the only time.

Happy the man who lives long enough to acknowledge his ignorance

Because I happen to think that being sensitive is the most valuable form of intelligence there is.

Second, and far more important: tuck your chin. You're going to get hurt, so expect it and be ready. You may as well see it coming.

First, however you initially grasp the sword, change your grip a little, so that you focus on how you're holding it. Don't take your weapon for granted.