“The unlived life is not worth examining. ... Self-awareness, self-examination, self-consciousness are for the quiet moments. In the arena they are paralyzing. The self must not be held out of the arena until living skills have been learned.” Has BeensSelfMomentsLife IsConsciousnessAwarenessConfidenceQuietSkillsSelf AwarenessArenaExaminationExaminingSelf ConsciousnessSelf-examinationQuiet Moments Author:Jo Coudert
“The creative process is a cocktail of instinct, skill, culture and a highly creative feverishness. It is not like a drug; it is a particular state when everything happens very quickly, a mixture of consciousness and unconsciousness , of fear and pleasure; it's a little like making love, the physical act of love.” LittlesStatesHappensCultureProcessPleasureConsciousnessCreativeParticularDrugSkillsInstinctThings HappenCreative ProcessMaking LoveMixturesCocktailsActs Of LoveUnconsciousness Author:Francis Bacon
“Flow is the process of achieving happiness through control over one's inner life. The optimal state of inner experience is order in consciousness. This happens when we focus our attention (psychic energy) on realistic goals and when our skills match the challenges we face.” StatesHappensFacesOrderEnergyProcessGoalChallengesAttentionConsciousnessFocusAchieveSkillsFlowRealisticPsychicsInner LifeOptimalChallenges We FaceRealistic GoalsAchieving Happiness Author:Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
“But the transformation of consciousness undertaken in Taoism and Zen is more like the correction of faulty perception or the curing of a disease. It is not an acquisitive process of learning more and more facts or greater and greater skills, but rather an unlearning of wrong habits and opinions. As Lao-tzu said, "The scholar gains every day, but the Taoist loses every day.” SaidFactsProcessLosesConsciousnessOpinionGreaterHabitSkillsDiseasePerceptionGainsTransformationTaoismScholarCorrectionsLearning MoreLaosLao Tzu Book:The Joyous Cosmology: Adventures in the Chemistry of Consciousness Source: The Joyous Cosmology: Adventures in the Chemistry of Consciousness
“It's clearly a crisis of two things: of consciousness and conditioning. We have the technological power, the engineering skills to save our planet, to cure disease, to feed the hungry, to end war; But we lack the intellectual vision, the ability to change our minds. We must decondition ourselves from 10,000 years of bad behavior. And, it's not easy.” YearsMindTwoWarEndsEasyAbilityConsciousnessVisionPlanetsSkillsDiseaseBehaviorIntellectualCrisisHungryCuresTwo ThingsEngineeringTechnologicalOur PlanetConditioningMind BlowingBad BehaviorAbility To ChangeBlowing ItSave Our Planet Author:Terence McKenna
“Yoga, an ancient but perfect science, deals with the evolution of humanity. This evolution includes all aspects of one's being, from bodily health to self realization. Yoga means union - the union of body with consciousness and consciousness with the soul. Yoga cultivates the ways of maintaining a balanced attitude in day to day life and endows skill in the performance of one's actions.” WayMeanSoulSelfBodyActionSuccessHumanityPerfectDealsConsciousnessAttitudeHealthEvolutionSkillsYogaAspectPerformancesUnionsAncientSelf RealizationRealizationBalancedDay To DayMaintainingAsanaYoga InspirationDay LifeDay To Day LifeInspirational YogaInspiring YogaHatha YogaYoga And Life Author:B.K.S. Iyengar