“A buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad. Such is his power that karma can't hold him. No matter what kind of karma, a buddha transforms it. Heaven and hell are nothing to him. But the awareness of a mortal is dim compared to that of a buddha, who penetrates everything, inside and out.” KindMatterHeavenHellAwarenessNo Matter WhatFortuneKarmaMortalsPenetrateGood FortuneHeaven And Hell Author:Bodhidharma
“To not follow the dharma, either intentionally or through lack of awareness, creates a very low level of attention. In this low level of attention we make all kinds of mistakes and we are unhappy no matter what good fortune befalls us.” KindMatterLevelsAttentionMistakeAwarenessBuddhismLowsNo Matter WhatFortuneUnhappyAll KindsGood FortuneDharmaLow Level Author:Frederick Lenz
“If your nature is infinite awareness trapped in a body, suddenly there's a lack of happiness, a lack of freedom. No matter what you get you'll never be happy, because these are all trinkets.” IfsMatterBodyAwarenessYogaInfiniteNo Matter WhatKarmaTrappedKarma YogaTrinkets Author:Frederick Lenz
“Won't the awareness God loves us no matter what lead to spiritual laziness and moral laxity? Theoretically, this seems a reasonable fear, but in reality the opposite is true. . . . The more rooted we are in the love of God, the more generously we will live our faith.” MatterRealitySeemsSpiritualMoralAwarenessOppositesNo Matter WhatGod LoveReasonableLazinessRootedGod Loves Us Book:The Relentless Tenderness of Jesus Source: The Relentless Tenderness of Jesus
“The Warrior lives a life full of adventure, living on the edge of opportunity. Life on the edge keeps him in a space of heightened awareness and totally in the moment; therefore no matter what comes his way he is always prepared.” WayMatterMomentsOpportunitySpaceAwarenessAdventureNo Matter WhatPreparedEdgesWarriorLiving OnLiving On The EdgeLife On The Edge Author:James Arthur Ray
“Religion, any religion, no matter what sort of wonderful religion, never be universal. So now education is universal, so we have to sort of find ways and means through education system, from kindergarten up to university level, to make awareness these good things, the values, inner values.” WayMeanMatterValuesLevelsWonderfulAwarenessUniversalNo Matter WhatGood ThingsUniversityEducation SystemKindergarten Author:Dalai Lama
“Unbinding the Heart really means to bring awareness to those areas we have restricted in our hearts and start to let go, open up, and practice staying open no matter what happens or doesn't happen.” HeartMeanMatterHappensPracticeAwarenessLetting GoAreasNo Matter WhatStayingReally Mean Author:Agapi Stassinopoulos
“I have done here on earth that was necessary to be done, no matter what my expression or application and now I continue to live here in the dimensions where I'm experiencing/expressing a deeper level of understanding and awareness of my reason and purpose here on earth, which is wonderful and for which I am grateful for.” MatterReasonDoneEarthPurposeUnderstandingLevelsWonderfulAwarenessExpressionNo Matter WhatGratefulDeeperDimensionsApplicationExesI Am Grateful Author:Timothy Treadwell
“Love is the essence of All That Is, no matter what we do here, we are met with love. We also feel how our choices were in alignment or out of alignment with that love. We all immediately ascend to the level that we achieved here, to the level of vibration of energy, of awareness, of that love.” FeelsMatterChoicesEnergyLove IsLevelsAwarenessMetsEssenceNo Matter WhatVibrationsAlignmentOur Choices Author:Suzanne Giesemann
“Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use.” IfsMatterUseFeelingsAwarenessNo Matter WhatMannersSensitiveBehaviourPoliteCourtesyEtiquetteCivilityRespecting OthersPolitenessForksGood MannersSpiritual AwarenessBeing PoliteTable MannersCourtesy MannersAwareness Of Others Author:Emily Post
“No matter who we are, no matter what our circumstances, our feelings and emotions are universal. And music has always been a great way to make people aware of that connection. It can help you open up a part of yourself and express feelings you didn't know you were feeling. It's risky to let that happen. But it's a risk you have to take-because only then will you find you're not alone.” PeopleKnowsWayMatterHelpingFeelingsHappensEmotionRiskAwarenessCircumstancesConnectionsUniversalNo Matter WhatWho We AreNot AloneFeelings And Emotions Author:Josh Groban
“No matter what, I want to continue living with the awareness that I will die. Without that, I am not alive.” WantMatterDiesAliveAwarenessNo Matter What Book:Three plays Source: Three plays
“Bad Gardens copy, good gardens create, great gardens transcend. What all great gardens have in common are their ability to pull the sensitive viewer out of him or herself and into the garden, so completely that the separate self-sense disappears entirely, and at least for a brief moment one is ushered into a nondual and timeless awareness. A great garden, in other words, is mystical no matter what its actual content.” SelfMatterMomentsSpiritReligionSpiritualityAbilityCommonAwarenessGardenNo Matter WhatDisappearSeparationSensitiveCopiesGardeningTimelessMysticalViewersBrief MomentsGreat Garden Author:Ken Wilber
“Deep Listening is listening in every possible way to everything possible to hear no matter what you are doing. Such intense listening includes the sounds of daily life, of nature, or one's own thoughts as well as musical sounds. Deep Listening represents a heightened state of awareness and connects to all that there is. As a composer I make my music through Deep Listening” WayWellsMatterStatesSoundAwarenessListeningNo Matter WhatMusicalIntenseDaily LifeComposerConnectednessSound Of MusicDeep Listening Author:Pauline Oliveros
“Our self-perception determines our behavior. If we think we’re small, limited, inadequate creatures, then we tend to behave that way, and the energy we radiate reflects those thoughts no matter what we do. If we think we’re magnificent creatures with an infinite abundance of love and power to give, then we tend to behave that way. Once again, the energy around us reflects our state of awareness.” IfsThinkingWayGivingSelfMatterStatesEnergyAwarenessCreaturesBehaviorPerceptionInfiniteNo Matter WhatDetermineBehaveAbundanceMagnificentInadequateSelf PerceptionAbundance Of Love Author:Marianne Williamson
“No matter where you are in life, no matter what you’ve contributed to creating, no matter what’s happening, you are always doing the best you can with the understanding and awareness and knowledge that you have. And when you know more, you will do differently, as I did” KnowsMatterUnderstandingAwarenessCreatingHappeningsNo Matter WhatWhere You AreWhere You Are In Life Book:The Power Is Within You Source: The Power Is Within You