“Anna’s eyes soften, and the stubborn tears begin to recede. The way she stands, the way she breathes, I know she wants to come closer. New knowledge fills up the air between us and neither of us wants to breathe it in.”

“Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.”

“I felt after I finished Slaughterhouse-Five that I didn’t have to write at all anymore if I didn’t want to. It was the end of some sort of career. I don’t know why, exactly. I suppose that flowers, when they’re through blooming, have some sort of awareness of some purpose having been served. Flowers didn’t ask to be flowers and I didn’t ask to be me. At the end of Slaughterhouse-Five…I had a shutting-off feeling…that I had done what I was supposed to do and everything was OK .”

“Alert presence is the garden of personal growth.”

“All growth is essentially an expansion of awareness.”

“Awareness is not a school quiz that can be passed by reading and memorizing some facts. It’s a journey that is fueled by our intent to be open, honest, and free.”

“We must sense and confront our blockages and biases if we are to be open and grow.”

“Awareness influences and enables all that we are and all that we strive for.”

“Everything is connected – words, thoughts, emotions, our energy level…. Because of this interconnectedness, we can influence how we feel through our words. The more we begin to observe our words, the more we can use them to better our lives.”

“You can’t use your mind to understand your own mind.”

“The weak or the majority choose comfortable chaos, the wise man laughs.”

“AWARENESS IS THEOCEAN FLOOR,THINKING THESURFACE.SPIRITUAL SEEKERTHE DIVER,NONSEEKER THESWIMMER”

“The best parts of you are hidden where you’re most afraid to look.”

“There is a wisdom, a sort of grace, in just noticing things.”

“Our physical world seems ready and able to accommodate the needs of the spiritually awakened new Superhuman. The constraints or demands of our material world are not the real problem; it is our own spiritual awareness and philosophical wisdom that is lagging behind.”