Quotes on Awareness

Space and time are not objects of perception, but qualities of awareness

When such as I cast out remorse; So great a sweetness flows into the breast; We must laugh and we must sing, We are blest by everything, Everything we look upon is blessed.

To be aware of a single shortcoming within oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in somebody else. Rather than speaking badly about people and in ways that will produce friction and unrest in their lives, we should practice a purer perception of them, and when we speak of others, speak of their good qualities.

BY the study of different RELIGIONS we find that in essence they are one.

Arise, transcend Thyself, Thou art man and the whole nature of man Is to become more than himself.

Before you speak, ask yourself, is it kind, is it necessary, is it true, does it improve the silence?

How far to heaven? Just open your eyes and look. You are in heaven.

Even though in the world you are the most learned scholar of the time, Behold the vanishing of this world and this time!

If the spiritual universe and the way to it were shown, No one would remain in this world for a single moment.

There is not a moment when I do not feel the presence of a Witness whose eye misses nothing and with whom I strive to keep in tune.

The truly great man is he who would master no one, and who would be mastered by none.

When experience is viewed in a certain way, it presents nothing but doorways into the soul.

That which is creative must create itself.

In Tibetan, authentic presence is wangthang, which literally means, 'field of power'... The cause or the virtue that brings about authentic presence is emptying out and letting go. You have to be without clinging.

Eyes and ears are poor witnesses to people if they have uncultured souls.

Spiritual Awakening is awakening from the dream of thought.

When you put aside your preconceived ideas, your self-centered scale of values, and let intuition have its way with you, you open up by this act new levels of the world. Such an opening-up is the most practical of all activities.

Man may be defined as the animal that can say ''I,'' that can be aware of himself as a separate entity.

Unify your attention. Do not listen with your ears, but with your mind. Do not listen with your mind but with your essence.

An artist, under pain of oblivion, must have confidence in himself, and listen only to his real master: Nature.

Know that people are doing the best they can from their level of awareness. Accept people for who they are and always be ready to forgive.