Consciousness Quotes

"Every man is what he is, because of the dominating thoughts which he permits to occupy his mind." "There is no Final Resting Place of the Mind." "No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it" "There are thousands of channels in our consciousness; it is up to us to choose the channel." "Our appointment with life is in the present moment." "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."