“The chief burden of the frustrated is the consciousness of a blemished, ineffectual self, and their chief desire is to slough off the unwanted self and begin a new life. They try to realize this desire either by finding a new identity or by blurring and camouflaging their individual distinctness; and both these ends are reached by imitation.” TryingEndsSelfDesireIndividualRealizingConsciousnessIdentityFindingsBurdenChiefsFrustratedImitationNew LifeUnwantedSlough Book:THE TRUE BELIEVER Source: THE TRUE BELIEVER
“Repression is an evolutionary adaptation permitting us to function under the burden of our expanded consciousness. For what we are conscious of could drive us mad.” ConsciousnessConsciousFunctionMadBurdenAdaptationRepression Book:Free Women, Free Men: Sex, Gender, Feminism Source: Free Women, Free Men: Sex, Gender, Feminism
“God chooses community sometimes to bear an unfair burden to force us to rise to the next level of consciousness and understanding.” SometimesNextForceUnderstandingCommunityLevelsConsciousnessBearsBurdenUnfairNext Level Author:Van Jones
“When people get this consciousness of the way things are supposed to be in America - that the locus of agency is in them, that they are supposed to be the ones setting the agenda - if people believe this, they get very energized. Yeah, it's annoying to have this extra burden of saving the country.” PeopleIfsWayBelieveCountryAmericaConsciousnessYeahBurdenSettingSettingsSavingSupposed To BeAgencyExtrasAgendasAnnoying Author:Naomi Wolf
“The word yoga is the same as the English word "yoke". So in the New Testament when Jesus Christ says, "My yoke is easy and my burden is light," my interpretation is that he's referring to yoga. It means "union" - Union of the body, mind and the spirit as one continuum of consciousness.” MindMeanSpiritJesusEasyChristConsciousnessYogaJesus ChristBurdenNew Testament Author:Deepak Chopra
“The natural inclination of a child is to take pleasure in the use of the mind no less than of the body. The child's primary business is learning. It is also the primary entertainment. To retain that orientation into adulthood, so that consciousness is not a burden but a joy, is the mark of the successfully developed human being.” MindHumansChildrenUseBodyJoyNaturalHuman BeingsPleasureConsciousnessMarkEntertainmentBurdenPrimariesAdulthoodInclinationOrientation Author:Nathaniel Branden