Consciousness Quotes

"The most important practice is the practice of the present moment." "Mindfulness is not about getting anywhere else." "Too much of our lives takes place in the head, in memory or imagination, in speculation, in projection, in abstraction." "Wealth does not count, attention counts" "The interior life is a real life and the intangible dreams of people have a tangible effect on the world " "When you do talk about yourself or to yourself and you’re not paying attention to the fact that you’re doing it, you just get to have a slightly better life" "We can only have a coherent conception of reality—our conscious experience of it, that is—if we pay attention to its contents one by one, moment by moment" "Mindfulness is awareness that arises through paying attention, on purpose, in the present moment, non-judgmentally." "When you pay attention to boredom it gets unbelievably interesting." "Mindfulness is not just about meditation, it's about living in a way that respects and engages with reality." "Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes" "Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." "I want you to understand that deeper dimensions of life don't open up because you philosophize, they open up because you pay attention." "If you are aware, your body establishes clarity in your thoughts and actions." "Being aware is the first step to understanding the depth of life as it happens to you." "The brain is wider than the sky " "The trouble is that once you see it, you can't unsee it. And once you've seen it, keeping quiet, saying nothing, becomes as political an act as speaking out." "Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed" "All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream" "Freedom is the essence of self-consciousness."