“We accepted a definition of ourselves which confined the self to the source and to the limitations of conscious attention. This definition is miserably insufficient, for in fact we know how to grow brains and eyes, ears and fingers, hearts and bones, in just the same way that we know how to walk and breathe, talk and think - only we can't put it into words. Words are too slow and too clumsy for describing such things, and conscious attention is too narrow for keeping track of all their details.” ThinkingKnowsWayHeartSelfFactsEyeGrowsWalksAttentionBrainKnow HowSourceConsciousEarsFingersTrackDefinitionsDetailsBonesBreatheAcceptedLimitationConfinedDescribingClumsyInsufficient Author:Alan Watts
“More and more we try to effect an adaptation to life by means of external gadgets, and attempt to solve our problems by conscious thinking rather than unconscious 'know-how'. This is much less to our advantage than we like to suppose.” ThinkingKnowsLifeTryingMeanProblemKnow HowEffectsConsciousAdvantageSolveUnconsciousAdaptationGadgets Book:The Wisdom of Insecurity Source: The Wisdom of Insecurity
“When the writing is really working, I think there is something like dreaming going on. I don't know how to draw the line between the conscious management of what you're doing and this state. . . . I would say that it's related to daydreaming. When I feel really engaged with a passage, I become so lost in it that I'm unaware of my real surroundings, totally involved in the pictures and sounds that that passage evokes.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsWritingRealStatesDreamLostSoundLinesKnow HowInvolvedDrawsConsciousManagementRelatedEngagedPassagesSurroundingsDaydreamingEvoke Author:John Hersey
“In the realm of strong A.I. or in the realm of human consciousness, I think that it's been something that troubles humans or forces us to look at it over and over for millennia, or as long as we've really been conscious, because there is no answer. There is no explanation for us, even for a one percent grip to hold on to. So we just don't know why we're here, we don't know how consciousness is created.” ThinkingKnowsHumansLooksLongStrongForceAnswersConsciousnessKnow HowTroublePercentConsciousExplanationRealmsHuman Consciousness Author:Neill Blomkamp
“The traditional paradigm of parenting has been very hierarchical, the parent knows best and very top down. Conscious parenting topples [this paradigm] on its head and creates this mutuality, this circularity where both parent and child serve each other and where in fact, perhaps, the child could be even more of a guru for the parent .... teaching the parent how the parent needs to grow, teaching the parent how to enter the present moment like only children know how to do.” KnowsNeedsChildrenHas BeensMomentsFactsGrowsParentKnow HowTeachingConsciousTraditionalPresent MomentGuruParadigmOnly ChildChildren And ParentsTop DownCircularity Author:Shefali Tsabary
“Very conscious of the fact that an effort was being made to destroy my mind, because I was deprived of books, deprived of any means of writing, deprived of human companionship. You never know how much you need it until you're deprived of it.” KnowsNeedsWritingMindHumansMeanMadeBookFactsEffortKnow HowConsciousCompanionshipDeprived Author:Wole Soyinka
“I call that man awake who, with conscious knowledge and understanding, can perceive the deep unreasoning powers in his soul, his whole innermost strength, desire and weakness, and knows how to reckon with himself.” KnowsMenSoulWholeDesireUnderstandingKnow HowConsciousWeaknessPerceiveAwakeKnowledge And Understanding Book:Goldmund Source: Goldmund