Quotes About Awareness

now I know the power of maya: that which deludes you to be unhappy can be overpowered by another delusion that causes greater unhappiness. Oh

Your flesh receives information about the external world through your five sense organs (gyan indriyas): eye, ear, nose, tongue and skin. Your flesh engages with the external material world through your five action organs (karma indriyas): hands, feet, face, anus and genitals. Between the stimulus and the response, a whole series of processes take place in your mind (manas).

Just sit in one place and pay attention to all that I throw light on. The more attention you pay, the more you will want to know.

Your intellect can choose how to react to a particular stimulation. Often, there is so much conditioning, there is little thought between stimulation and reaction. But the option exists.

He who controls the senses but has a mind full of cravings is a pretender who fools himself.

What we mean by 'life' is a psychological response to the physical world.

Only the truly enlightened know the world as it truly is; the rest construct a reality that comforts the ego. The

Thus, showing does not guarantee seeing. Telling does not guarantee hearing. Gyana is not vi-gyana.

At a symbolic level, the forest and field are metaphors for the mind. The forest is the untamed mind. The field is the domesticated mind. The consciousness is the farmer. If one is conscious like Ram, faithful and attentive, the mind will be like Sita. When one is conscious like Gautam, ignoring the mind, the mind will be seduced by temptation. In the absence of awareness, the mind will be wild with no direction.

observers create observations!

As long as we seek validation from the world around us, we are entrapped by aham. As soon as we realize that all meaning comes from within, that it is we who make the world meaningful, we are liberated by atma.

Only the truly enlightened know the world as it truly is; the rest construct a reality that comforts the

Only the truly enlightened know the world as it truly is; the rest construct a reality that comforts the ego. The enlightened are therefore always at peace while

If people around us behave like deer, it means we are behaving like lions. If people around us behave like lions, it means they see us as deer. If people around us behave like dogs, friendly or hostile, it means we matter to them.

Arjuna, the senses exist beyond the physical; mind beyond the senses; intelligence beyond the mind. Beyond intelligence is your sense of self. By knowing who you really are you will conquer all yearning.—Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 3, verses 42 and 43 (paraphrased).

Thus, showing does not guarantee seeing. Telling does not guarantee hearing.

To see the world from another's point of view, and make sense of it.

To see the world from another's point of view, and make sense of it.' 'I think it has blossomed in Ram.

Accept that nothing happens without a reason. Accept that all experiences have a purpose. Accept

Realization occurs only when samsara is witnessed, not reacted to. This is moksha.

Do not surrender to a situation that nurtures the ego. The

Know the thought behind action

Vyasa draws attention to a peculiar human trait of trying to solve a problem through external means without bringing about any internal transformation.

Within infinite myths lies an eternal truth Who sees it all? Varuna has but a thousand eyes Indra, a hundred You and I, only two