Stanley Milgram Quotes

What you are aware of you are in control of; what you are not aware of is in control of you.

Awareness is always the first step.

Meditation is the art of awareness. And once you are aware, out of your awareness your actions will arise - not out of conscience. Conscience is cultivated by others, by the vested interests, by the establishment. Consciousness is yours. It is individual, it is not collective. Conscience is part of the mob psychology. Consciousness gives you dignity because it gives you individuality. It gives you rebellion, it makes you capable of saying yes or no of your own accord. There is no foreign agency manipulating you in the name of religion, morality, etcetera.

Freedom can occur only through education.

Psychoanalysis - and any good therapy - is a method of increasing one's awareness of destiny in order to increase one's experience of freedom.

Everything that frees our spirit without giving us control of ourselves is ruinous.

It's you who are telling me; opening my eyes to things I'd looked at so long that I'd ceased to see them.

You are free, you just don't know it" ~Michael to Sarah

The secret is not to dream," she whispered. "The secret is to wake up. Waking up is harder. I have woken up and I am real. I know where I come from and I know where I'm going. You cannot fool me any more. Or touch me. Or anything that is mine.

We are enslaved by anything we do not consciously see. We are freed by conscious perception.

Education is freedom.

I made my own assessment of my life, and I began to live it. That was freedom.

Let each know that for each the body, the mind and the soul have been freed to fulfill themselves.

Maturity and experience are part of my liberation.

I've worked all my life on the subject of awareness, whether it's awareness of the body, awareness of the mind, awareness of your emotions, awareness of your relationships, or awareness of your environment. I think the key to transforming your life is to be aware of who you are.

I think that what I have been truly searching for as a person, as a writer, as a thinker, as a daughter, is freedom. That is my mission. A sense of liberty, the liberty that comes not only from self-awareness but also from letting go of many things. Many things that weigh us down.

Being enlightened is just being aware. It's just being aware of something that you weren't aware before.

Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

Self-awareness is something that we actually actively avoid.

Every practice at some point will become a hindrance. No practice can ever take you there, to freedom, to liberation. That's important to realize.

Words mean little unless you realize the truth of it yourself. And when you do, you'll be free at last.

It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.

The more you understand yourself, the more you will understand the world.

Someone once told me that the finer points of devotion are about the size of a pinhole, and there are millions of them. And if you could connect each dot, then you’ve got a diagram of what you think you thought you knew, and if you’re willing to admit that you know nothing…you have the blueprint for a breakthrough.

Ignorance may be bliss, but it does not lead to liberation.