Consciousness Quote by Robert Adams

Suppose you turn your attention inward in search of this 'I'. You may encounter nothing more than an ever changing stream of consciousness, a…

— Jim Holt

“What you take to be a “you” totally separate from the rest of life is really just awareness contracting or focusing on (i.e., identifying…

— Scott Kiloby

“There is an irreducible opposition between the deep transcendent self that awakens only in contemplation, and the superficial, external self which we commonly identify…

— Thomas Merton

From where does this "I" arise? Seek for it within; it then vanishes. This is the pursuit of wisdom. When the mind unceasingly investigates…

— Ramana Maharshi

If you hold this feeling of ‘I’ long enough and strongly enough, the false ‘I’ will vanish leaving only the unbroken awareness of the…

— Ramana Maharshi

The 'I' casts off the illusion of the 'I' and yet remains 'I'. Such is the paradox of Self-realization. The Realized do not see…

— Ramana Maharshi

If you begin to identify yourself with that inner awareness, and then you realize you're not really doing anything. As long as there's the…

— Goswami Kriyananda

“The “I” is the knowingness within you that realizes you are the creator.”

— Lee Vickers

“Your self is your pure consciousness, which flows as it likes. Your personal self is the way you perceive yourself and the patterns of…

— The Unthered Soul

“What is the nature of REALITY At the END, which is also the BEGINNING, the SEEKER in SELF DISVOVERY finds there's only ONE 'I'.…

— Fakeer Ishavardas

For myself, I do not now know in any concrete human terms wherein my individuality consists. In my present human form of consciousness I…

— Josiah Royce

“Perhaps you didn’t realize that every single time you say “I AM” in a sentence, you are simultaneously sending a direct order and a…

— Honoree Corder