Awareness begins with noticing. The world we experience is shaped not only by what exists around us, but by what we choose to see. As Naomi Shihab Nye reminds us,
“Being
alive
is a common road. It’s what we
notice
that makes us different.”
When awareness is completely balanced, communicating with the outside world becomes effortless. ~ Deepak Chopra
If there is a gift of cancer, it is in making you aware how precious each day is and raising your consciousness to the point where you live life more fully. ~ Lois Hjelmstad
Without self-awareness we are as babes in the cradle. ~ Virginia Woolf
Take warning by the mischance of others, that others may not take warning by thine. ~ Saʿdi Shirazi
Watch yourself as though you were observing a Martian. ~ Paul Krassner
Stop awhile and look around you. ~ Thomas Carlyle
If we go down into ourselves we find that we possess exactly what we desire. ~ Simone Weil
Become aware of what is in you. Announce it, pronounce it, produce it, and give birth to it. ~ Meister Eckhart
Thoughts move like a river; awareness simply is. ~ Ram Dass
The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it. Be aware of the thoughts you are thinking. ~ Eckhart Tolle
But all the time our warmth and brilliance are right here. We are one blink of an eye away from being fully awake. ~ Pema Chödrön
If you touch one thing with deep awareness, you touch everything. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh
People in the street often show a lack of awareness of what is going on around them and a fear of contact. ~ Roger Lloyd Pack
In the full state of awareness we accept everything and everybody unconditionally. Love flows, and our joy and delight become complete. ~ Dhiravamsa
We take a handful of sand from the endless landscape of awareness around us and call that handful the world. ~ Robert Pirsig
Balanced introspection and extrospection lead to awareness of the microcosm within. In that awareness life becomes an open book. ~ Sunyata
Just let awareness have its way with you completely. ~ Scott Morrison