2,920 Quotes About Awareness

Intoxication over material thing is parigraha (acquisitiveness; it takes one away from the Self), not having intoxication for material thing is aparigraha (non-acquisitiveness).

Seek the temple within, the silent place you can go in the midst of it all.

At any point in time – it is the state of your attention that defines your level of existence as human beings.In your waking state – Flowing Attention trapped in thoughts make you a private person.In your sleeping state – Still Attention free from thoughts make you an universal perceiver.In your natural state – Absolute Attention as it is naturally returns to its source and make you the peaceful pure presence.However in reality – only supreme source exists in all the above mentioned states.

When planning (karmic causes) is being done, if One (Self) becomes engrossed in that situation, that means in the situation, he became situated (avasthit). The state, of becoming situated (avasthit), then mixes with nature and when that result comes into effect; that is result of scientific circumstantial evidence (vyavasthit).

Do not avert your eyes.It is important that you see this.It is important that you feelthis.

There exists a universal order that we each play a distinct role in carrying out. Light always struggles to emerge from darkness. Each of us is the bearer of our own lantern. We find ourselves when we realize our place in an interconnected world. The struggle to pierce the darkness that shrouds us from realizing a state of perceptive awareness is the biggest part of both our individual story and our communal storyline.

The moment you resist change, you resist existing past your current state of awareness.

The most profound personal growth does not happen while reading a book or meditating on a mat. It happens in the throes of conflict—when you are angry, afraid, frustrated. It happens when you are doing the same old thing and you suddenly realize that you have a choice.

When we change our perspective, we change our perception.