“Religious people are guided in their activities not by the consequences of their actions, but by the consciousness of the destination of their lives.” PeopleActionReligionReligiousConsciousnessActivityConsequenceDestination Author:Leo Tolstoy
“After modernism, things changed. Indeed, modernism sometimes seems to me like an equivalent of the Fall. Remember, the first thing Adam and Eve did when they ate the fruit was to discover that they had no clothes on. They were embarrassed. Embarrassment was the first consequence of the Fall. And embarrassment was the first literary consequence of this modernist discovery of the surface. "Am I telling a story? Oh my God, this is terrible. I must stop telling a story and focus on the minute gradations of consciousness as they filter through somebody's.” FirstsSometimesStoriesSeemsRememberFallConsciousnessFocusMinutesChangedTerribleClothesDiscoveryConsequenceFruitSurfaceAdamEmbarrassedThings ChangeEmbarrassmentModernismFiltersAdam And Eve Author:Philip Pullman
“To engage in civil disobedience is to feel the abundance of courage, the gratitude for a democracy that still invites us to speak from our hearts, to act from our conscience and have faith in the consequences of moral action. Abundance is a form of consciousness.” FeelsHeartStillsActionFormSpeakConsciousnessMoralDemocracyGratitudeConscienceConsequenceAbundanceHave FaithInvitesDisobedienceCivil DisobedienceMoral Action Author:Terry Tempest Williams
“How do we take our anger and transform it into sacred rage? How do we create a language that opens the heart instead of closing it? To bear witness is not a passive act. It's an act of consequence that leads to consciousness. It matters. I am curious. I want to know why. I was raised with a scripture that says, "The glory of God is intelligence." And to me our greatest intelligence is following our instincts, trusting our intuition.” HeartLanguageConsciousnessGloryConsequenceInstinctIntuitionRageScriptureCuriousWitnessPassiveGlory Of God Author:Terry Tempest Williams
“You risked your life, but what else have you ever risked? Have you risked disapproval? Have you ever risked economic security? Have you ever risked a belief? I see nothing particularly courageous about risking one's life. So you lose it, you go to your hero's heaven and everything is milk and honey 'til the end of time. Right? You get your reward and suffer no earthly consequences. That's not courage. Real courage is risking something that might force you to rethink your thoughts and suffer change and stretch consciousness. Real courage is risking one's clichés.” RealEndsMightSufferingBeliefForceHeavenLosesConsciousnessEconomicSecurityHeroConsequenceRewardsCourageousHoneyMilkEnd TimesDisapprovalStill Life With WoodpeckerEconomic SecurityMilk And HoneyReal Courage Author:Tom Robbins