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Consciousness Quotes


"I feel that the change, the mutation in consciousness, will occur spontaneously once certain pressures now in operation are removed. I feel that the principal instrument of monopoly and control that prevents expansion of consciousness is the word lines controlling thought, feeling and apparent sensory impressions of the human host."



"That which is capable of perceiving objective reality is, in Sufism, the human soul (ruh)."


"Because this business of becoming conscious, of being a writer, is ultimately about asking yourself, How alive am I willing to be?"


"Observing the stream of eternal and simple truth is the same for all who look upon the fountainhead of consciousness."


"You are not the body, you are not the mind - you are the observer."


"In a sense, we are all crashing to our death from the top story of our birth ... and wondering with an immortal Alice at the patterns of the passing wall. This capacity to wonder at trifles - no matter the imminent peril - these asides of the spirit ... are the highest form of consciousness."


"When consciousness is there, can life be far away?"


"An introspective person seeks to attain a pure state of consciousness by merging finitude in infinity and by expressing the rapture of the soul through the contemplation and adoration of beauty. In this brief interlude of time, I surrender to becoming a cog in the roadway, an insentient time traveler, a ward of eternity, a day-tripper, a nighttime dream weaver, a blip in the cosmos, a freebase glob of energy, an imaginable disk of bundled vitality that wants for nothing."


"You are what you consume, and as an organism and consciousness, you in fact become a commodity and predator yourself."


"Consciousness makes you an unlimited being by giving the power of your imagination."


"How small the cosmos (a kangaroo's pouch would hold it), how paltry and puny in comparison to human consciousness, to a single individual recollection, and its expression in words!"


"There is no reality except the one contained within us."


"The level of consciousness defines the level of understanding and awareness."



"I am Chandubhai' is good or bad focused applied awareness (shubha-ashubha upyoga). 'I am Pure Soul', is the focused pure applied awareness of the Self (shuddha upayog). With good-bad focused applied awareness (shubha-ashubha upayog) instillation in the worldly life occured."


"Consciousness ain't slower than a blink of an eye."


"Consciousness is the awareness of the interaction and interdependence among mind, body, spirit, and the universe where it resides."


"There is no stimulus like that which comes from the consciousness of knowing that others believe in us."


"Universal consciousness can never die, it can only transform and transcend."


"When you achieve higher consciousness you will not achieve anything, but you will lose everything that is not important and is not yours."


"Water and a bubble on it are one and the same. The bubble has its birth in the water, floats on it, and is ultimately resolved into it. Likewise, your consciousness is born in your brain, goes through various states in your lifetime and ultimately resolves into the brain."


"It is pretty simple - mind is a part of life - consciousness is a part of mind - God is a part of consciousness."


"The level of consciousness defines the beauty of our lives."


"When someone achieves higher consciousness, he or she never dies. They only transform."



"I've heard it argued that long ago pain begat consciousness...Adversity forced awareness on us, and it works, it bites us when we go too near the fire, when we love too hard. Those felt sensations are the beginning of the invention of the self...God said, Let there be pain. And there was poetry. Eventually."


"The pinnacle of human consciousness must be the rejection of unhealthy competition, war and violence."


"The level of consciousness determines the deepness of thoughts and the awareness of the beauty of life."


"Latent brain functions can be enabled by force majeure when we are facing the weirdness of an unknown reality."


"From all aspects of human perception, you truly are your brain."
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