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“Being present. The mind is like a butterfly that flits from one flower to the next. Seldom do we find ourselves nestled in the excuisite and eternal ocean of here and now. When you are, you can connect with your true self that is beyond the chattering of your mind. When you take the effort to focus your drifting consciousness to become fully awake to the present moment, you will discover the glorious light that dwells within you.”

Mind Self Moments Light Next Effort Consciousness Focus Flower Ocean Eternal Awake Glorious Present Moment Butterfly Within You True Self Here And Now Drifting Like A Butterfly

Author:Denise Linn

“The instinct that pulls us toward art is the impulse to evolve, to learn, to heighten and elevate our consciousness. The Ego hates this. Because the more awake we become, the less we need the Ego.”

Needs Art Hate Consciousness Ego Art Is Instinct Evolve Impulse Awake

Book:The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

Source: The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

“When you dream, all the scenery, characters, events, perils, and outcomes are built from your own consciousness, the darks and oppressions as well as the delights. Same with the world awake, though it takes you longer to build it.”

World Wells Character Dream Consciousness Events Built Delight Oppression Awake Outcomes Peril Scenery

Author:Richard Bach

“Doing philosophy is only a threefold or double kind of waking--being awake--consciousness.”

Kind Philosophy Consciousness Awake Waking

Book:Novalis: Philosophical Writings

Source: Novalis: Philosophical Writings

“Without the ability to think about yourself, to reflect on your life, there’s really no awareness, no consciousness. Consciousness doesn’t come automatically; it comes through being alive, awake, curious, and often furious.”

Thinking Ability Consciousness Alive Awareness Curious Awake About Yourself Furious

Author:Maxine Greene

“Since ancient times the term awakening has been used as a kind of metaphor that points to the transformation of human consciousness. There are parables in the New Testament that speak of the importance of being awake, of not falling back to sleep.”

“The word Buddha comes from the Sanskrit word Budh, meaning, to be awake. So Buddha is not a name and ultimately not a person, but a state of consciousness.”

Persons States Names Consciousness Awake States Of Consciousness Sanskrit

Author:Eckhart Tolle

“It is certainly not then-not in dreams- but when one is wide awake, at moments of robust joy and achievement, on the highest terrace of consciousness, that mortality has a chance to peer beyond its own limits, from the mast, from the past and its castle tower. And although nothing much can be seen through the mist, there is somehow the blissful feeling that one is looking in the right direction.”

Source: Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited

“While doing sadhana you must quieten your mind and keep awake the Purusha consciousness behind all your activities.”

Mind Behinds Consciousness Activity Awake

Author:Sri Aurobindo

“As you meditate, over time your consciousness becomes awake within itself. The silent witness within saturates and illuminates the mind so that it does not look to the past or the future for fulfillment. It experiences peace and freedom within itself in every moment.”

Mind Looks Doe Moments Past Consciousness Silent Witness Fulfillment Awake

Author:Deepak Chopra