We bring about a world in consciousness that is partly what is given, and partly what we bring, something that comes into being through this particular conjunction and no other. And the key to this is the kind of attention we pay to the world.
Interpretation
Our perception of the world is shaped by both external reality and our individual contributions to it.
This quote emphasizes the interplay between our external environment and our internal consciousness, suggesting that reality is a co-creation influenced by both what is presented to us and our unique perspectives and interpretations. The 'key' to this process lies in the quality of attention we give to our experiences, highlighting the crucial role of mindfulness in shaping our understanding and interaction with the world.
In practice
In a meditation workshop to explain the importance of awareness in shaping our thoughts.
In the act of worship itself, the experience of liberation becomes a constituent of the community's being . . . It is the power of God's Spirit invading the lives of the people, "building them up where they are torn down and propping them up on every leaning side".
Making matters worse is people's natural inclination to be easy on themselves, judging themselves according to their good intentions-while holding others to a higher standard and judging them by their worst actions.
The unformed is not worse than the over-formed. The former is nothing; the latter is mere appearance. Real form presupposes real life.
Out of many millions of wandering living entities, one who is very fortunate gets an opportunity to associate with a bonafide spiritual master by the grace of Krishna. By the mercy of both Krishna and the spiritual masters, such a person receives the seed of the creeper of devotional service.
One half of the world's people live on less than two dollars a day. This should concern our national security policy as well as our conscience.
New York... is a city of geometric heights, a petrified desert of grids and lattices, an inferno of greenish abstraction under a flat sky, a real Metropolis from which man is absent by his very accumulation.
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