“Mindful consumption is the object of this precept. We are what we consume. If we look deeply into the items that we consume every day, we will come to know our own nature very well. We have to eat, drink, consume, but if we do it unmindfully, we may destroy our bodies and our consciousness, showing ingratitude toward our ancestors, our parents, and future generations.” IfsKnowsWellsLooksMayBodyParentConsciousnessGenerationsObjectsDrinkAncestorConsumptionItemsFuture GenerationIngratitude Author:Nhat Hanh
“My maternal family are South African and when I was small and my parents separated my mother and I went back to South Africa. So for me the emergence of my own childhood consciousness was in the context of 1970s and 1980s apartheid South Africa and the movement there.” MotherParentMy OwnConsciousnessChildhoodMovementSouthSouth AfricaApartheidEmergence Author:Rachel Holmes
“True renunciation can be attained by anyone - whether a millionaire, parent, student, politician, farmer or engineer. It's not what you have or don't have; it's your state of consciousness. In essence, it means that true peace that comes from true renunciation arrives when we understand that nothing is mine. Whatever intelligence I have, whatever abilities I have, whatever family members I have, whatever wealth or property I have, is the sacred property of God or the Divine.” MeanParentWealthAbilityConsciousnessStudentsDivinePoliticianPropertyFarmersMillionaireRenunciation Author:Radhanath Swami
“I was born in Tehran at a time when women's rights were deteriorating at a rampant rate. My parents didn't want to raise their daughter in a social, political, and religious climate that was growing increasingly oppressive toward women and girls, so they emigrated to London. But the struggle of the Iranian people was permanently etched in my social consciousness from a young age.” PeopleAgePoliticalGirlParentReligiousConsciousnessStruggleDaughterRateIranian Author:Nazanin Boniadi
“We should try to be the parents of our future rather than the offspring of our past.” ShouldTryingPastParentConsciousnessAdviceOur FutureOur PastOffspring Author:Miguel de Unamuno