Mark Victor Hansen Quotes

You lose your habitual behavior, which allowed you to sort of zone out. You have to be here, you have to be now, you have to be present.

Our life experiences area result of where our attention takes us.

Consciousness is nothing but awareness the composite of all the thing we pay attention to.

I'm pretty much done with mindfulness. I'm just going to start paying attention.

The mind is always present. You just don't see it.

When you're playing, it's important to focus 100 per cent on what you're doing.

Meditation will sharpen your senses and your awareness.

Attention is the key to transformation- and full attention also implies acceptance.

The quality of one's life depends on the quality of attention. Whatever you pay attention to will grow more important in your life. There is no limit to the kinds of changes that awareness can produce.

Thought is a man in his wholeness, wholly attending.

Concentration is the magic key that opens the door to accomplishment.

This is the first, wildest, and wisest thing I know, that the soul exists, and that it is built entirely out of attention.

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

Don't go chattering to the stars if you're going to do it with your eyes closed.

Instead of 'watching the thinker,' you can also create a gap in the mind stream simply by directing the focus of your attention into the Now. Just become intensely conscious of the present moment. This is a deeply satisfying thing to do. In this way, you draw consciousness away from mind activity and create a gap of no-mind in which you are highly alert and aware but not thinking. This is the essence of meditation.

My experience is what I agree to attend to.

The quality of our attention determines our experience.

Channel your energy. Focus.

Where your attention goes, you go.

One great cause of failure is lack of concentration.

Pay attention to what you're paying attention to.

The breath of the mind is attention.

To succeed, you must be able to concentrate, and to know what to concentrate on.

We are defined by how we place our attention.

When you focus on just one thing at a time, without rushing or procrastinating, you cultivate a sense of timeless awareness that creates feelings of calm and well-being.