Awareness Quotes - Page 12

• May our heart's garden of awakening bloom with hundreds of flowers.

  Nhat Hanh

  Flower, Heart, Garden

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2008). “The Energy of Prayer: How to Deepen Your Spiritual Practice: Easyread Large Bold Edition”, p.104, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Once the current of awareness of the self is set afoot, it becomes everlasting and continuous by intensification.

  Ramana Maharshi

  Yoga, Self, Currents

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• When awareness embraces the senses, it enlivens them.

  Jon Kabat-Zinn

  Embrace, Senses

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• Awareness isn’t something we own; awareness isn’t something we possess. Awareness is actually what we are.

  Adyashanti

  Adyashanti (2012). “True Meditation: Discover the Freedom of Pure Awareness”, p.35, Sounds True

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• Once you arrive {at a spontaneous awareness of the Great Oneness}, remember: it isn't necessary to struggle to maintain unity with it. All you have to do is participate in it.

  Laozi

  Struggle, Oneness, Unity

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• To me, man means awareness of death. I am not saying become afraid of death; that is not awareness. Just be aware of the fact that death is coming nearer and nearer and you have to be prepared for it.

  Rajneesh

  Death, Mean, Men

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• The more you expand your awareness, the more naturally you will be present without effort.

  Deepak Chopra

  Effort

  FaceBook post by Deepak Chopra from Aug 31, 2011

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• Enlightenment is higher states of awareness.

  Bryan Kest

  Enlightenment, States, Higher

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• You can expand your awareness in many ways, and as you do, your brain will evolve. It will grow physically by developing new neural pathways, synaptic connections, and even new brain cells. Perhaps more importantly, it will evolve to mirror the expansion of your mind into new, creative areas.

  Deepak Chopra

  Mirrors, Cells, Creative

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• In pure awareness the mind cannot drag you down into the mud, into the gutter. In anger, in hatred, in jealousy, the mind is absolutely impotent in the face of awareness. And because the mind is absolutely impotent, your whole being is in a profound silence - the peace that passeth understanding.

  Rajneesh

  Jealousy, Profound, Hatred

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• Practice moment to moment non-judgemental awareness.

  Jon Kabat-Zinn

  Practice, Judgemental, Moments

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• I believe there's a calling for all of us. I know that every human being has value and purpose. The real work of our lives is to become aware. And awakened. To answer the call.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  "Every Person Has a Purpose" by Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. November 2009.

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• Consciousness is the glory of creation.

  James Broughton

  Consciousness, Glory, Creation

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• Truth is pure awareness.

  Rajneesh

  Truth Is, Pure

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• Art that serves an artist best is an experiment in expanding awareness.

  Peter London

  Art, Expanding, Experiments

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• Life offers its wisdom generously. Everything teaches. Not everyone learns. Life asks of us the same thing we have been asked in every class: "Stay awake." "Pay attention." But paying attention is no simple matter. It requires us not to be distracted by expectations, past experiences, labels, and masks. It asks that we not jump to early conclusions and that we remain open to surprise.

  Rachel Naomi Remen

  Past, Simple, Class

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• A look filled with understanding, an accepting smile, a loving word, a meal shared in warmth and awareness are the things which create happiness in the present moment. By nourishing awareness in the present moment, you can avoid causing suffering to yourself and those around you. The way you look at others, your smile, and your small acts of caring can create happiness. True happiness does not depend on wealth or fame.

  Nhat Hanh

  Caring, Small Acts, Understanding

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2010). “Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha”, p.299, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Consciousness is a sea ringed with visions.

  Oskar Kokoschka

  Sea, Vision, Consciousness

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• The eye and brain are conspirators, and, like most conspiracies, theirs is negotiated behind closed doors, in the back room, outside of our awareness.

  Daniel Gilbert

  Eye, Doors, Brain

  Daniel Gilbert (2006). “Stumbling on Happiness”, Vintage

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• Consciousness is the greatest movie-maker in the whole world.

  Mooji

  Greatest Movie, World, Consciousness

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• The question is how the questioner exists.

  Kedar Joshi

  Existence

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• Water can flow, or it can crash. Be water, my friend.

  Bruce Lee

  Art, Empty Mind, Water

  "Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey". Documentary, Action, Biography, 2000.

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• Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water.

  Bruce Lee

  Blank Mind, Empty Mind, Water

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee The Tao of Gung Fu: A Study in the Way of Chinese Martial Art”, p.138, Tuttle Publishing

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• With me, illusions are bound to be shattered. I am here to shatter all illusions. Yes, it will irritate you, it will annoy you - that's my way of functioning and working. I will sabotage you from your very roots! Unless you are totally destroyed as a mind, there is no hope for you.

  Rajneesh

  Spiritual, Roots, Meditation

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• The treasure I have found cannot be described in words, the mind cannot conceive of it.

  Adi Shankara

  Mind, Treasure, Found

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