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title: "5 Consciousness Thinking Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [To become aware of the subtlety of nature you need to be alert. The moment you become alert you become still... thinking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/to-become-aware-of-the-subtlety-of-nature-you-need-to-be-alert-the/)

[Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/)

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> [When you awaken spiritually, in fact, you can use thought much more effectively than before, but you realize there is a depth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/when-you-awaken-spiritually-in-fact-you-can-use-thought-much-more/)

[Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/)

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> [All consciousness is consciousness of something: in thinking I am aware that my thought is 'pointing towards' some object.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-eagleton/all-consciousness-is-consciousness-of-something-in-thinking-i-am/)

[Terry Eagleton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-eagleton/)

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> [“Fredkin was quoted by Robert Wright in the 1980s as saying, There are three great philosophical questions. What is life? What is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-kurzweil/fredkin-was-quoted-by-robert-wright-in-the-1980s-as-saying-there-are/)

[Ray Kurzweil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-kurzweil/)

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> [Although an increasing number of humans are undergoing a process of awakening, identification with thinking is still the prevalent state of consciousness.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/although-an-increasing-number-of-humans-are-undergoing-a-process-of/)

[Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/)

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