Quotes about Awareness

I cannot be awake for nothing looks to me as it did before, Or else I am awake for the first time, and all before has been a mean sleep.

You cannot hear music and noise at the same time.

Remember always your end, and that lost time does not return.

We are called to be contemplatives. ..by seeking the face of God in everything, everyone, everywhere, all the time.

At any moment in time, our reality is based on whatever we focus on.

I had an occasional flash of understanding, but then got selfishly wrapped up again in my own problems and pleasures.

This of all the misery in the world and be thankful that you are not sharing in it.

I am the best and sharpest critic of my own work. I know myself what is and what is not well written. Anyone who doesn't write doesn't know how wonderful it is.

My mind is a neighborhood I try not to go into alone.

Gorgeous, amazing things come into our lives when we are paying attention: mangoes, grandnieces, Bach, ponds. This happens more often when we have as little expectation as possible. If you say, Well, that's pretty much what I thought I'd see, you are in trouble. At that point you have to ask yourself why you are even here. [...] Astonishing material and revelation appear in our lives all the time. Let it be. Unto us, so much is given. We just have to be open for business.

Rituals are a good signal to your unconscious that it is time to kick in.

Whenever the world throws rose petals at you, which thrill and seduce the ego, beware.