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“The body and mind are continually changing, and are, in fact, only names of series of changeful phenomena, like rivers whose waters are in a constant state of flux, yet presenting the appearance of unbroken streams. Every particle in this body is continually changing; no one has the same body for many minutes together, and yet we think of it as the same body.”

Thinking Mind States Facts Body Together Names Water Change Minutes Rivers Constant Series Appearance Streams Particles Mind And Body Presenting Unbroken Flux

Book:Jnana Yoga: The Yoga of Knowledge

Source: Jnana Yoga: The Yoga of Knowledge

“Beyond the subtle body we have something called the causal body; that's more what we are. We are a series of interconnecting awarenesses. It's like a molecular bond, DNA, a double-helix, and we can change that.”

Body Awareness Buddhism Series Subtle Dna

Author:Frederick Lenz

“The teacher is not a person; they're a field of energy. They're a series of levels of attention. While they have a body and appear to be there, they're not.”

Persons Body Energy Levels Attention Teacher Fields Series Enlightened

Author:Frederick Lenz

“When we dream, we create. All of life is a dream or a series of waking dreams. We dream our surroundings. We dream our friends, our relations. We dream our bodies. We dream our dreams.”

Dream Body Life Is Relation Series Waking Our Dreams Surroundings Life Is A Dream

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Even more than the depression, it was my anxiety and agitation that became the defining symptoms of my illness. Like epileptic seizures, a series of frenzied anxiety attacks would descend upon me without warning. My body was possessed by a chaotic, demonic force which led to my shaking, pacing and violently hitting myself across the chest or in the head. This self-flagellation seemed to provide a physical outlet for my invisible torment, as if I were letting steam out of a pressure cooker.”

Source: When Going Through Hell...Dont' Stop!: A Survivor's Guide to Overcoming Anxiety and Clinical Depression

“Warm-bloodedness is one of the key factors that have enabled mammals to conquer the Earth, and to develop the most complex bodies in the animal kingdom. In this series, we will travel the world to discover just how varied and how astonishing mammals are.”

World Body Earth Animal Keys Series Complexes Warm Kingdoms Factors Conquer Astonishing Travel The World Mammals Animal Kingdom

Author:David Attenborough

“There is no gene "for" such unambiguous bits of morphology as your left kneecap or your fingernail. [...] Hundreds of genes contribute to the building of most body parts and their action is channeled through a kaleidoscopic series of environmental influences: embryonic and postnatal, internal and external. Parts are not translated genes, and selection doesn't even work directly on parts.”

Body Action Left Bits Influence Building Series Environmental Internals Genes Selection Fingernails Morphology Environmental Influences

Book:The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History

Source: The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History

“How do you think it would feel to be obliged to ask for a seat-belt extender on an airplane? For the unfashionably bulgy, life is a series of small humiliations.”

Thinking Feels Body Life Is Asks Weight Series Seats Airplane Humiliation Belts Obliged Seat Belts

Book:An Accidental Autobiography

Source: An Accidental Autobiography