“The key to enlightenment lies in a secret that very few people have ever known, but which Jesus knew well. The way you will experience and feel about yourself is not determined by how other people look at and think about you.” PeopleThinkingWayFeelsWellsLooksLyingJesusSecretKnownAwarenessKeysEnlightenmentDeterminedAbout Yourself Author:Gary Renard
“When you change your state of mind, your whole life changes, nothing remains the same. Nothing looks the same, because you have changed.” MindLooksStatesWholeAwarenessChangedBuddhismRemainsWhole LifeLife ChangingState Of MindYou Have Changed Author:Frederick Lenz
“It's like looking at the sun, that's how infinity is. You can't look at it for too long or you dissolve. The bands of your attention break. But if you look at it in specific ways, you can become something or someone much more conscious.” IfsWayLooksLongAttentionBreakSunAwarenessBuddhismBandConsciousInfinity Author:Frederick Lenz
“We live in the Facebook era. I think everyone, not just celebrities, have an unprecedented level of self-awareness, of presenting yourself to the world. The truth is, it starts with how you look, and that goes into how you dress.” ThinkingWorldLooksSelfLevelsAwarenessTruth IsSelf AwarenessDressesErasPresentingUnprecedentedPresenting Yourself Author:Allison Williams
“Not thinking about anything is zen. Once you know this, walking, standing, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is zen. To know that the mind is empty is to see the buddha.... Using the mind to reality is delusion. Not using the mind to look for reality is awareness. Freeing oneself from words is liberation.” ThinkingKnowsMindLooksRealityLyingAwarenessWalkingSittingStandingEmptyOneselfLiberationDelusionLying Down Book:The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma Source: The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma
“Mindfulness is paying attention to what is going on. Just look at beauty. Not just the beauty of things you see with your eyes, but beautiful feelings, beautiful awareness. There is no such thing as reality. Reality is what you make it.” LooksFeelingsRealityEyeBeautifulAttentionAwarenessBuddhismMindfulnessPay AttentionFeeling Beautiful Author:Frederick Lenz
“As a teacher you just look at someone and you transmit to them what they need to know. Not simply a thought form, but you transmit an awareness level.” KnowsNeedsLooksFormLevelsTeacherAwarenessEnlightenedTransmit Author:Frederick Lenz
“If we look further, we see that we actually contain all of existence. Everyone who has ever been or will ever be, is in some way contained in our awareness. Our awareness is like the sky, it's endless.” IfsWayLooksExistenceSkyAwarenessYogaKarmaEndlessKarma Yoga Author:Frederick Lenz
“Self-awareness can't be built on looking at our pluses and minuses before we look at the most basic essence of what we are.” LooksSelfAwarenessBuiltEssenceSelf Awareness Book:How to Wish Source: How to Wish
“Why chase after thoughts, which are superficial ripples of present awareness? Rather look directly into the naked, empty nature of thoughts; then there is no duality, no observer, and nothing observed. Simply rest in this transparent, nondual present awareness. Make yourself at home in the natural state of pure presence, just being, not doing anything in particular.” LooksStatesHomeNaturalAwarenessParticularPureEmptyNakedJust BeingSuperficialObserversTransparentDualityRipple Author:Jamgon Kongtrul