“While the mind remains so fixed in its own personal affairs, be they little or large, it has no chance to open up its higher levels. When attention and emotion are kept so confined, the chance they offer of this higher use is missed. The peace, truth, and goodness which could be had are untouched.” MindLittlesUseTruthPeaceChanceLevelsEmotionAttentionHigherOffersGoodnessRemainsAffairFixedPeace Of MindConfinedHigher Level Book:The Notebooks of Paul Brunton: The ego. From birth to rebirth Source: The Notebooks of Paul Brunton: The ego. From birth to rebirth
“Do not try to be what you are not, be what you are. The Universe has a built in truth recognizer, what ever is false about you, it will expose to light, either through you or others, pay attention.” TryingLightTruthUniversePayAttentionBuiltPay Attention Author:Marcus Thomas
“I long for truth, and yet I cannot stay from that My better self disowns, For a man's attention Brings such satisfaction To the craving in my bones.” MenLongSelfTruthAttentionSatisfactionBonesCraving Book:Poems of William Butler Yeats Source: Poems of William Butler Yeats
“There is a close relationship between a house full of possessions and a heart full of desires, between a cluttered closet and a crowded schedule, between having no place to put possessions and having no priorities for our life. These are precious clues. They remind us to slow down, to live in the present, to reduce the desires that drain our vitality, to clarify priorities so we can give our time and attention to what matters most. Tragically, in the press of modern life, we have managed to get backwards one of life's most vital truths: people are to be loved; things are to be used.” PeopleLoveGivingHeartMatterTruthUsedDesireHouseAttentionOur LivesRelationshipModernPressesPossessionPrioritiesLive LifeOur TimeWhat MattersSchedulesClosetsBackwardsClueSlow DownVitalityModern LifeCrowdedDrainsLive In The PresentPressuredClose RelationshipMost Meaningful Author:Eknath Easwaran