conscious observation Quotes

I get rid of the thoughts, and I get in my witness, which is down in my spiritual heart. The witness that witnesses being.

See what no one else sees. See what everyone chooses not to see... out of fear, conformity or laziness. See the whole world anew each day!

Carlyle said that how to observe was to look, but I say that it is rather to see, and the more you look the less you will observe.

Observe what is with undivided awareness.

As we are, so we see.

I have definitely had experiences where I can feel the shift from simply living my life to being slightly outside of my life and taking notes.

We have forgotten to observe. Instead of observing, we do things according to patterns.

Once you've seen certain things, you can't un-see them, and seeing nothing is as political an act as seeing something.

Ordinary mind includes eternal perceptions. Notice what you notice. Observe what's vivid. Catch yourself thinking. Vividness is self-selecting. And remember the future.

The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its operation.

I give life to that which I notice. What I don't notice dies.

I tried to pay attention, but attention paid me.

Watch, witness. Your body is not you; your mind is not you. You are just a pure witness.

In naming that which is right before me, that which I'd otherwise miss, the invisible becomes visible.

We only see what we look at. To look is an act of choice.

If you can become a mirror you have become a meditator. Meditation is nothing but skill in mirroring. And now, no word moves inside you so there is no distraction.

I am trying to check my habits of seeing, to counter them for the sake of greater freshness. I am trying to be unfamiliar with what I'm doing.

Everything changes once we identify with being the witness to the story, instead of the actor in it.

You are angry, and you watch it. You are not just angry, a new element is introduced into it: you are watching it. And the miracle is that if you can watch anger, the anger disappears without being repressed.

A quiet mind does not mean that there will be no thoughts or mental movements at all, but that these will be on the surface, and you will feel your true being within, separate from them, observing but not carried away

Understanding like the eye; whilst it makes us see and perceive all things, takes no notice of itself; and it requires art and pains to set it at a distance and make it its own subject.

If Your Eyes Are Opened, You'll See The Things Worth Seeing.

Emotions like guilt and shame cut you off from web of existence and that causes inflammation in the body. I would recommend that you go to a level of awareness where you can be an observer of your thoughts and emotions and use mindfulness.

But when reflexion begins to play upon these objects... like some trick of magic each object is loosed into a group of impressions - colour, odour, texture... And if we continue to dwell in thought on this world... the whole scope of observation is dwarfed into the narrow chamber of the individual mind.

There is a difference. You watch television, you don't witness it. But, while watching television, if you start witnessing yourself watching television, then there are two processes going on: you are watching television, and something within you is witnessing the process of watching television. Witnessing is deeper, far deeper. It is not equivalent to watching. Watching is superficial. So remember that meditation is witnessing.