We do not see things as they are, nor do we even see them as we are, but only as we believe our story to have been.

By constantly moving the flashlight of your attention to the perimeter of your understanding, you enlarge your sense of the world.

We wanted to get this out in the open and elevate the awareness of the organization in the Billings area. We’re spread pretty thin.

What do we mean by saying that existence precedes essence? We mean that man first of all exists, encounters himself, surges up in the world-and defines himself afterward.

Our consciousness and awareness, which includes our choices as to where we place our focus, alters the paths of our lives, and creates a split in reality, leading to the creation of two or more...

Maybe to feel superior in struggle was sensed, When people were aware to fight for identity.

Be present in all things and thankful for all things.

Self-help courses will only help you if they teach you to pay attention to life itself.

Missing HomeSometimes when we may experience a feeling of nostalgia, and a longing for our Home, it does not really mean that our Home is somewhere out there in the stars. It means that we...

Consciousness, which is the “reflective” element of Norman’s conceptual brain, handles the “higher” functions at the metaphorical tip of the very top of that complicated organ. Because consciousness pays a lot of attention to your...

My basic profession is as an actor, and I have learnt much about life through working as an actor. Working as an actor is really a spiritual profession, since it means to create life on...

God is not a person, God is the underlying consciousness in Existence.

Sure all life’s highways at some point must end, so I plan to ride it in style and plummet in a swan dive when the pavement runs out…And hopefully leave behind artistically that which may...

In opening our hearts, we hope this might promote greater awareness of this condition. Perhaps it will encourage a clearer understanding of the individuals and families who are affected by it.

[Miller, whose profile eerily matches early portraits of Byron, skillfully blends his restless passion and moments of sour self-awareness. Byron is caustic about his future wife from the first, noting that he would] like her...

The only secrets that are good are the ones with an ending. Keep surprises instead of secrets in your home.

In every crisis, doubt or confusion, take the higher path – the path of compassion, courage, understanding and love.

On a long flight, after periods of crisis and many hours of fatigue, mind and body may become disunited until at times they seem completely different elements, as though the body were only a home...

The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.

True freedom is when all the stories, all the insights, all the realizations, concepts, beliefs and positions dissolve. What remains is what you are; a vast, conscious, luminous space simply resting in itself, not knowing...

The first step toward change is awareness. If you want to get from where you are to where you want to be, you have to start by becoming aware of the choices that lead you...

Confidence turns into pride only when you are in denial of your mistakes.

We feel pretty good about where we’re at. We’re still continuing to do whatever outreach and awareness, consciousness raising, that we can.

The degree of freedom we enjoy outwardly is a reflection of the degree of love we cultivate inwardly.

Every ‘no’ is a ‘yes’ to something.

You can’t become a famous garage band if you never perform outside your garage. That’s why my band plays in my driveway.

Through mastering the means of perception, the promise of who you are in physical form is opened with an increasing opportunity for fulfilment.

Growth usually starts with awareness. Something happens in your life and you realize there is something to do about it. Sometimes it is when you become exhausted of your old habits where you then observe...

If, then, I were asked for the most important advice I could give, that which I considered to be the most useful to the men of our century, I should simply say: in the name...

Awareness is about improving social intelligence. If you can’t see, hear, or feel the dynamics of a conversation, you can’t manage them.

Eventually it will become quiet enough so that you can simply watch the heart begin to react, and let go before the mind starts. At some point in the journey it all becomes heart, not...

Where ignorance is bliss, awareness is joy, and self-awareness is orgasmic.

Instinct’s aware of reflex when mind ain’t yet.

When I speak about Jesus Christ, I do not speak about Christianity. Christianity has basically nothing to do with Jesus. The spirit of Christ can not be organized. Then it will not liberate you.Christ is...

When both our inner man and woman takes responsibility for themselves and lives their own truth, a joy and love begins to flow naturally between them. Healing means to develop the inner man and woman...

What is known can’t jerk us around unwittingly. Before anything can be resolved, the implicit must be made into the explicit.

The world we see is a painting colored by our fears and desires.

Pain serves a purpose. Without it you are in danger. What you cannot feel you cannot take care of.

Never allow yourself to become a choice in any relationship. The moment you do is when you have reduced your loved one’s affections to a daily biological question: Should I take a dump here or...

The world is right because I feel good.p. 83, Awareness, copyright 1990

Ascension through all levels of consciousness and awareness can only happen when you live life as you, and not how others think you should live. How could self-realization possibly be anything other than being yourself?

Always think at least two steps ahead [in everything, with everyone].

Liberation is the shift from ‘What if?” to ‘So what!

I’m proud to have GlaxoSmithKline as one of my sponsors for the Sony HD 500. Raising awareness about asthma control is very important to me because I’ve suffered from asthma since I was a child....

that” is. You know without a doubt that there is something reading these words right now and awareness is precisely what that is.

It’s useful. It brings this whole issue more into the public awareness. It will perhaps encourage people to listen more carefully and study the proposal to decide whether it helps them or hurts them.

Be conscious of the global elements in your dreams. When starting local, dream of taking it global sooner.

The fearful seek to serve themselves by mastering the world, while the fearless seek to serve the world by mastering themselves.

Perfection itself is not the ultimate goalbut the ultimate condition of life.

There is no greater treasure in this world than somebody who loves you as you are.