“We are taught not to perceive but to avoid direct perceptions of reality and to substitute instead this kind of one-dimensional view of life.” KindRealityViewsAwarenessTaughtBuddhismPerceptionDirectPerceiveSubstitutesPerception Reality Author:Frederick Lenz
“If we try and direct our lives with only our limited rationalistic thoughts and our sense perceptions, then our actions and our activities will not be prefect.” IfsTryingActionOur LivesBuddhismActivityPerceptionMindfulnessDirectOur ActionsSense Perception Book:Surfing the Himalayas: conversations and travels with Master Fwap Source: Surfing the Himalayas: conversations and travels with Master Fwap
“television. It has changed the way that we perceive the world out there, and though we know that - have indeed been bombarded with analyses on the consequences for society, for the family, and for individual psychology - I don't believe that we have yet begun to appreciate the reach of its subliminal effects, of what we might call 'the slow viruses.' They not only get into our ways of seeing, they pervade the ways in which we weave our perceptions together into patterns that support and explain our thinking and our doing and both direct and hinder various kinds of relationships.” ThinkingKnowsWorldWayBelieveKindMightTogetherIndividualSupportPsychologySeeingEffectsChangedTelevisionPerceptionConsequenceAppreciateDirectDon't BelievePatternsVariousPerceiveAnalysisVirusesHinderSubliminalBombarded Author:Elizabeth Janeway
“Women's thoughts are impelled by their feelings. Hence the sharp-sightedness, the direct instinct, the quick perceptions; hence also their warmer prejudices and more unbalanced judgments. In this the child is like the woman.” ChildrenFeelingsJudgmentPerceptionDirectPrejudiceInstinctUnbalanced Author:Antoinette Brown Blackwell
“It is that faculty by which we discover and enjoy the beautiful, the picturesque, and the sublime in literature, art, and nature; which recognizes a noble thought, as a virtuous mind welcomes a pure sentiment by a involuntary glow of satisfaction. But while the principle of perception is inherent in the soul, it requires a certain amount of knowledge to draw out and direct it.” MindArtSoulBeautifulCertainLiteratureEnjoyPrinciplesAmountTastePurePerceptionDrawsDirectSatisfactionNobleFacultySentimentsVirtuousInherentSublimeInvoluntaryPicturesque Author:Robert Aris Willmott
“While we can learn or study techniques for almost anything we might want to accomplish, real understanding is not the mere accumulation of knowledge. Understanding cannot be realized by listening or reading about the realization of others. It must be achieved firsthand via substantive, direct perception in the moment.” WantRealMomentsWisdomMightReadingUnderstandingStudyMeditationListeningPerceptionDirectMereAccomplishTechniqueRealizationBeing RealAccumulation Author:H. E Davey
“Knowledge builds on the past and has its place. Wisdom is beyond time. It's the direct perception of reality as it is. And in this direct seeing of what is lies the potential of transformation-a transformation that is not merely a redecoration of the past but a transformation of humanity that embodies the eternally new.” RealityPastLyingHumanityMeditationSeeingPerceptionDirectTransformationPerception Reality Author:H. E Davey
“Female directors really do need to support each other. Too many times I've been led to believe that my direct competition was other women, as if there can be only a handful of successful female filmmakers a year. That conversation, that perception, needs to change. Women are the people who have helped me make films I love, and I want to be that kind of strength to other women.” PeopleIfsWantNeedsYearsBelieveKindFilmSupportSuccessfulDirectorsConversationPerceptionFemaleDirectCompetitionFilmmakerHandfulNeed A Change Author:Jennifer Phang
“The weapons of the positive revolution are not bullets and bombs but simple human perceptions. Bullets and bombs may offer physical power but eventually will only work if they change perceptions and values. Why not go the direct route and work with perceptions and values?” IfsHumansMayValuesSimpleRevolutionOffersPerceptionWeaponsDirectBombsWhy NotBulletsRoutes Author:Edward de Bono
“The flavors of the peach and the apricot are not lost from generation to generation, neither are they transmitted by book learning. The mystic tradition, any mystic tradition, is of a similar nature, that is, it is dependent on direct perception, a 'knowledge' as permanent as the faculty for receiving it.” BookLostGenerationsPerceptionTraditionDirectPermanentDependentFacultyReceivingFlavorMysticPeachesBook LearningApricots Author:Ezra Pound
“I recognize that memory is far from infallible though. If I feel like I can't accurately describe something, I just leave it out. I also do things like write "he talked about ..." instead of writing direct quotes. But generally I feel like since my stories are very obviously meant to be my perception of an event rather than the objective truth this gives me a lot of leeway.” IfsGivingFeelsWritingI CanStoriesMemoriesEventsPerceptionDirectGive MeObjectivesMeant To BeInfallibleObjective Truth Author:Marie Calloway
“Basically what Salomé did with Rilke as a mentor was direct him toward the Russian Orthodox Church, so he could project his love of the divine feminine onto the Virgin Mary. She wanted him to stop the cycle of being disappointed by the ultimate humanity of women. She was like, "You don't want me, you want the Virgin Mary." It's kind of a mystical concept! She also changed Freud's opinion, a little bit too late, about the female psyche, which he had so wrong. If it had been better publicized, it would have changed Western society's perception of the female psyche, too.” IfsWantKindLittlesWantedHumanityBitsChurchOpinionChangedDivineLike YouProjectsLatePerceptionLittle BitConceptsFemaleDirectUltimateWesternToo LateCyclesOrthodoxFeminineDisappointedWant MeMaryMentorMysticalVirginsHis LoveVirgin MaryDivine FeminineWestern SocietyBeing DisappointedOrthodox Church Author:Laura Marling
“What is real to me is the power of our awareness when we are focused on something beyond ourselves. It is a shaft of light shining in a dark corner. Our ability to shift our perceptions and seek creative alternatives to the conondrums of modernity is in direct proportion to our empathy. Can we imagine, witness, and ultimately feel the suffering of another?” FeelsRealLightSufferingDarkAbilityCreativeImagineAwarenessPerceptionEmpathyDirectShiningCornersFocusedWitnessAlternativesProportionModernity Author:Terry Tempest Williams
“Widen your shriveled heart, make the interests of others your own and serve them as much as you can by sympathy, kindness, presents and so forth. So long as one enjoys the things of this world and has needs and wants, it is necessary to minister to the needs of one's fellow men. Otherwise one cannot be called a human being. Whenever you have the opportunity, give to the poor, feed the hungry, nurse the sick - do service as a religious duty and you will come to know by direct perception that the person served, the one who serves and the act of service are separate only in appearance.” KnowsMenWorldWantNeedsGivingHumansHeartPersonsLongOpportunityEnjoyInterestReligiousHuman BeingsPoorKindnessThis WorldDutyPerceptionDirectSickFellowsAppearanceHungryMinistersNurseFellow ManNeeds And WantsActs Of Service Author:Anandamayi Ma
“Solve all your problems through meditation. Exchange unprofitable religious speculations for actual God-contact. Clear your mind of dogmatic theological debris; let in the fresh, healing waters of direct perception. Attune yourself to the active inner Guidance; the Divine Voice has the answer to every dilemma of life. Through man's ingenuity for getting himself into trouble appears to be endless, the Infinite Succor is no less resourceful.” MenMindProblemVoiceWaterReligiousAnswersHealingClearMeditationTroubleDivinePerceptionDirectInfiniteSolveActiveEndlessContactGuidanceSpeculationDilemmaTheologicalIngenuityDogmaticResourcefulDebris Author:Lahiri Mahasaya
“There are sacred moments in life when we experience in rational and very direct ways that separation, the boundary between ourselves and other people and between ourselves and Nature, is illusion. Oneness is reality. We can experience that stasis is illusory and that reality is continual flux and change on very subtle and also on gross levels of perception . . . When people bother you in any way, it is because their souls are trying to get your divine attention and your blessing.” PeopleWayTryingSoulMomentsRealityLevelsAttentionDivineBlessingPerceptionIllusionDirectSacredSeparationBoundariesRationalOnenessBotherSubtleGrossIllusoryFluxStasisSacred Moments Author:Catherine Ponder
“Sense-perceptions can only be indirect knowledge, and not direct knowledge. Only one's own awareness is direct knowledge.” AwarenessPerceptionDirectIndirectSense Perception Book:Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi Source: Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
“There is but one power which heals—that is God. The state or condition through which the healing takes place is the confidence of the heart. By some this state is reached through pills, powders, and physicians. By others through hygiene, fasting, and prayer. By others through direct perception.” HeartStatesPrayerHealingConditionsPerceptionDirectHealPhysiciansPillsFastingPowderHygiene Author:Abdu'l-Bahá