“The history of religions reaches down and makes contact with that which is essentially human: the relation of man to the sacred. The history of religions can play an extremely important role in the crisis we are living through. The crises of modern man are to a large extent religious ones, insofar as they are an awakening of his awareness to an absence of meaning.” MenHumansImportantPlayReligiousRolesModernAwarenessRelationDown AndCrisisSacredAwakeningAbsenceContactModern Man Author:Mircea Eliade
“And wasn't my mind also like another crib in the depths of which I felt I remained ensconced, even in order to watch what was happening outside? When I saw an external object, my awareness that I was seeing it would remain between me and it, lining it with a thin spiritual border that prevented me from ever directly touching its substance; it would volatize in some way before I could make contact with it, just as an incandescent body brought near a wet object never touches its moisture because it is always preceded by a zone of evaporation.” WayMindBodySpiritualOrderFeltWatchesSawsSeeingAwarenessObjectsHappeningsDepthContactSubstanceBordersZoneTouchingWetMoistureEvaporation Book:Swann's Way Source: Swann's Way
“Do not avoid contact with suffering or close your eyes before suffering. Do not lose awareness of the existence of suffering in the life of the world. Find ways to be with those who are suffering by all means, including personal contact and visits, images, sounds. By such means, awaken yourself and others to the reality of suffering in the world.” PeopleIfsWorldWayMayMeanHelpingRealityEyeSufferingSoundLosesExistenceAwarenessMovedIncludingContact Author:Nhat Hanh
“A human being is only interesting if he's in contact with himself. I learned you have to trust yourself, be what you are, and do what you ought to do the way you should do it. You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.” IfsWayShouldHumansHuman BeingsInterestingAwarenessTrustOughtContactOver YouExpress YourselfTrust YourselfTrust Others Author:Barbra Streisand