I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.
FRAN LEBOWITZ
FRAN LEBOWITZ
Fran Lebowitz on consciousness
Fran Lebowitz56 quotes“I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.”
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More on consciousness
That is the ego which rises and sinks periodically. But you exist always. That which lies beyond the ego is consciousness – the Self.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi Consciousness is indeed always with us. Everyone knows ‘I am!’ No one can deny his own being.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi See who is the subject; and this inquiry leads you to pure Consciousness beyond the subject.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi Call it by any name, God, Self, the Heart, or the Seat of Consciousness, it is all the same.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi The normal self is the mind. The mind is with limitations. But pure Consciousness is beyond limitations, and is reached by investigation into the “I.”
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi Pure Consciousness, which is the Heart, includes all, and nothing is outside or apart from it. That is the ultimate Truth.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi The degree of consciousness corresponds to the degree of density or the speed of vibrations. The denser the matter, the less conscious it is.
G. I. GurdjieffG. I. Gurdjieff See who is the doubter, who is the thinker. It is the ego. Hold it; the other thoughts will die away – the ego will be left pure. See the source from where the ego arises and abide in it. That is pure consciousness.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi