“From the psychological point of view, the self-asserting emotions, derived from emergency reactions, involve a narrowing of consciousness; the participatory emotions an expansion of consciousness by identificatory processes of various kinds.” KindSelfProcessViewsEmotionConsciousnessVariousPoint Of ViewReactionsPsychologicalExpansionEmergencies Author:Arthur Koestler
“Culture is a plot against the expansion of consciousness.” CultureConsciousnessPlotExpansion Author:Terence McKenna
“According to the true Indian view, our consciousness of the world, merely as the sum total of things that exist, and as governed by laws, is imperfect. But it is perfect when our consciousness realizes all things as spiritually one with it, and therefore capable of giving us joy. For us the highest purpose of this world is not merely living in it, knowing it and making use of it, but realizing our own selves in it through expansion of sympathy; not alienating ourselves from it and dominating it, but comprehending and uniting it with ourselves in perfect union.” WorldGivingSelfUseLawJoyPurposeRealizingPerfectViewsConsciousnessKnowingThis WorldHighestCapableAll ThingsUnionsIndianImperfectExpansionDominatingUnitingComprehending Author:Rabindranath Tagore
“Life has to be in the moment, spontaneous and venerable. There isn't any winning or losing. Life itself, as it flowers in depth and subtlety, is the reward, and it isn't always an easy or fun process. We must learn to see that the issue of happiness is irrelevant. The relevant quest is the expansion of consciousness.” MomentsWinningFunEasyProcessConsciousnessIssuesFlowerLosingRewardsDepthRelevantQuestsExpansionSpontaneousIrrelevantSubtletyWin Or Lose Author:Richard Moss
“What's popularly known as the evolution of consciousness, in other words that the expansion of cognitive repertoire that occurs in human beings, which has always been a great puzzle to evolutionary theory, I believe, occurred in the presence of a kind of catalyst for the human imagination.” BelieveHumansKindI BelieveImaginationHuman BeingsConsciousnessKnownTheoryEvolutionExpansionPuzzlesCatalystCognitiveHuman Imagination Author:Terence McKenna
“One way to think about what psychedelics are is as catalysts for language development. They literally force the evolution of language. You cannot evolve faster than your language because the language defines the culture of meaning. So if there's a way to accelerate the evolution of language then this is real consciousness expansion and it's a permanent thing. The great legacies of the 60's are in attitudes and language. It boils down to doing your own thing, feeling the vibe, ego-trip, blowing your mind.” IfsThinkingWayMindRealFeelingsCultureLanguageForceConsciousnessAttitudeDevelopmentEvolutionEgoOne WayFasterLegacyEvolvePermanentExpansionCatalystAccelerateEgo TripDoing Your Own ThingPermanent ThingsLanguage DevelopmentEvolution Of Language Author:Terence McKenna
“Think about our dilemma on this planet. If the expansion of consciousness does not loom large in the human future, what kind of future is it going to be?” IfsThinkingHumansKindDoeConsciousnessPlanetsExpansionDilemma Author:Terence McKenna
“And in self-giving we become really happy. Real humility is the expansion of our consciousness and our service.” GivingRealSelfConsciousnessHumilityExpansionReally HappySelf Giving Author:Sri Chinmoy
“So there's that change of general consciousness, and then there's this boom after the war, this expansion into the West. It was like the 1950s. The American economy was pumping at top speed. The kinds of people who would move into these communities and organize their lives around a utopian dream now had dreams about the West.” PeopleKindWarDreamMovingCommunityConsciousnessEconomyWestSpeedOrganizeExpansionUtopianAmerican Economy Author:Christine Jennings
“Once we do fill the void and experience the expansion in consciousness, we realize there is enough and has always been enough. We've always had exactly what we've needed in every moment.” EnoughMomentsRealizingConsciousnessNeededVoidExpansionFill The Void Author:Isha Judd
“To be politically activated is to dare to care about the happiness of others and that is just about the most important activity anyone can be involved in at this time, because it changes a person - it lifts them from normal self-centeredness to a state of other centeredness. That is a good thing because it expands our perception of self. This expansion of consciousness leads to enlightenment, which is the meaning of yoga.” PersonsImportantSelfStatesCareConsciousnessInvolvedActivityNormalPerceptionEnlightenmentYogaGood ThingsDareLiftsExpansionSelf CenterednessCenteredness Author:Sharon Gannon
“I feel that the change, the mutation in consciousness, will occur spontaneously once certain pressures now in operation are removed. I feel that the principal instrument of monopoly and control that prevents expansion of consciousness is the word lines controlling thought, feeling and apparent sensory impressions of the human host.” FeelsHumansFeelingsCertainLinesConsciousnessPressureInstrumentsImpressionOperationsHostPrincipalExpansionMonopolySensoryMutation Author:William S. Burroughs
“People are all ignorant, they fear new things, they fear knowledge somehow, I don't know why. Everything that I ever learned was always so great. I never thought so at the time, it was just that little bit more in your mind an expansion of consciousness or awareness.” PeopleKnowsMindLittlesBitsConsciousnessAwarenessLittle BitIgnorantNew ThingsExpansion Author:George Harrison