We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience.
If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.
Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.
Every human has four endowments - self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom... The power to choose, to respond, to change.
Man is lost and is wandering in a jungle where real values have no meaning. Real values can have meaning to man only when he steps on to the spiritual path, a path where negative emotions have no use.
The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.
The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.
Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use.
These things will destroy the human race: politics without principle, progress without compassion, wealth without work, learning without silence, religion without fearlessness and worship without awareness.
Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.
What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.
The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.
The most common form of despair is not being who you are.
The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another.
The great awareness comes slowly, piece by piece. The path of spiritual growth is a path of lifelong learning. The experience of spiritual power is basically a joyful one.
The most common ego identifications have to do with possessions, the work you do, social status and recognition, knowledge and education, physical appearance, special abilities, relationships, person and family history, belief systems, and often nationalistic, racial, religious, and other collective identifications. None of these is you.
The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.
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