“Consciousness has forced us into the paradoxical position of striving to be unself-conscious of what we are - hunks of spoiling flesh on disintegrating bones.” ConsciousnessPositionConsciousStriveBonesFleshParadoxicalHunk Author:Thomas Ligotti
“There is a Restlessness springing from the consciousness of power not fully utilized, which must be present wherever there is unused power of whatever kind. This is the restlessness of the germ within the seed, struggling upward and downward towards its proper life.it is a striving full of pain, the cutting of tender flesh by the fetters of the captive as he struggles against their pitilessness.” KindPainConsciousnessPowerStruggleCuttingStriveSeedsFleshFrustrationGermsRestlessnessCaptivesFetters Author:Anna Brackett
“The consciousness in each man is a sliding scale, which identifies him now with the First Cause, and now with the flesh of his body; life above life, in infinite degrees.” MenFirstsBodyCausesConsciousnessDegreesInfiniteFleshScales Book:The Annotated Emerson Source: The Annotated Emerson
“One can imagine a time when men who still inhabit organic bodies are regarded with pity by those who have passed on to an infinitely richer mode of existence, capable of throwing their consciousness or sphere of attention instantaneously to any point on land, sea, or sky where there is a suitable sensing organ. In adolescence we leave childhood behind; one day there may be a second and more portentous adolescence, when we bid farewell to the flesh.” MenMayStillsBodyBehindsExistenceAttentionConsciousnessImagineSeaSkyLandChildhoodOne DayCapableFleshPityThrowingSpheresOrgansAdolescenceFarewellSuitableSensing Book:Profiles Of The Future Source: Profiles Of The Future
“The human being is flesh and consciousness, body and soul; his heart is an abyss which can only be filled by that which is godly.” HumansHeartSoulBodyHuman BeingsConsciousnessFilledFleshAbyssGodly Author:Olivier Messiaen