"The only evil is ignorance, unawareness, failure to see our authentic identity. To the degree that we learn to live from our true identity, our pains and follies fall away, to be re- placed with peace and wisdom." – Vernon Howard
Awareness is who we are and forgetting that leads to suffering. - Vicki Woodyard
Suffering always runs along the tracks of mechanical thought, so by permitting consciousness to interrupt mechanical thought, we learn the secret for ending suffering. - Vernon Howard
Happiness is the function of your consciousness when it is awake, unhappiness is the function of your consciousness when it is asleep. Unconsciousness is your mirror burdened with much dust and luggage and the past. Osho
To live unconsciously is to be in hell, and to live consciously is to be in heaven. - Osho
One unseen contradiction in our own consciousness. Only our awakened awareness can end the heartaches inherent in remaining spiritually asleep. - Guy Finley
When you are suffering, when you are unhappy, stay totally with what is Now( present moment awareness). Unhappiness or problems cannot survive in the Now.- Eckhart Tolle
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When even one virtue becomes our nature, the mind becomes clean and tranquil. Then there is no need to practice meditation; we will automatically be meditating always. ~ Swami Satchidananda
Wholesome virtuous behavior progressively leads to the foremost.~ Buddha AN 10.1
If you do right, irrespective of what the other does, it will slow down the (turbulent) mind. ~ Rajini Menon
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