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“The one aim of [my] yoga is an inner self-development by which each one who follows it can in time discover the One Self in all and evolve a higher consciousness than the mental, a spiritual and supramental consciousness which will transform and divinize human nature.”

Humans Self Spiritual Spirituality Consciousness Human Nature Development Higher Yoga Aim Evolve Self Development Inner Self Higher Consciousness

Author:Sri Aurobindo

“The very aim of meditation is firstly subjugation of the mind, so that it can no longer be an obstacle to a clear vision of the Supreme cliché. Secondly, it is the full silencing of that mind, so that consciousness becomes similar to the mirror-like surface of a quiet lake or pool. I can see the real Reflection of Truth in it then, but not otherwise.”

Mind I Can Real Consciousness Vision Clear Meditation Quiet Reflection Mirrors Aim Obstacles Surface Supreme Lakes Pool Subjugation Clear Vision Silencing

Book:Meditation: An Outline for Practical Study

Source: Meditation: An Outline for Practical Study

“A man should have any number of little aims about which he should be conscious and for which he should have names, but he should have neither name for, nor consciousness concerning the main aim of his life.”

Men Inspirational Should Littles Wisdom Names Numbers Consciousness Conscious Should Have Aim Intelligence Inspirational Goal Setting

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Samuel Butler (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Samuel Butler (Illustrated)

“Sexual activity is driven by the same aims and motives as reading poetry or listening to music: to escape the limitations imposed by the need for particularity in the consciousness.”

Needs Reading Consciousness Listening Activity Aim Driven Limitation Motive Listening To Music Reading Poetry

Author:Colin Wilson

“The aim of Zen training is to attain the state of consciousness which occurs when the individual ego is emptied of itself and becomes identified with the infinite reality of all things.”

States Reality Individual Consciousness Ego Training All Things Infinite Aim States Of Consciousness

Author:Anne Bancroft

“To rail and rant against tyranny is to manifest inferiority, for there is no tyranny but ignorance; to be conscious of one's powers is to lose consciousness of tyranny. Self government is not a remote aim. It is an intimate and inescapable fact. To govern oneself is a natural imperative, and all tyranny is the miscarriage of self government. The first requisite of freedom is to accept responsibility for the lack of it.”

“The progressive growth of the finite consciousness of man towards this Self, towards the universal , the eternal, the infinite, in a word his growth into spiritual consciousness by the development of his ordinary ignorant natural being into an illumined divine nature, this is for Indian thinking the significance of life and the aim of human existance.”

“Ideally, advertising aims at the goal of a programmed harmony among all human impulses and aspirations and endeavors. Using handicraft methods, it stretches out toward the ultimate electronic goal of a collective consciousness.”

Humans Goal Business Consciousness Ultimate Harmony Aim Method Advertising Impulse Aspiration Collectives Endeavor Collective Consciousness Handicrafts

Author:Marshall McLuhan