“Ever found yourself talking to yourself? Repeating your past to yourself, as if… it's destined to be your future? Or perhaps you've driven across the city and didn't recall the trip?”
“It's not because you weren't there or it didn't happen. These are just a few examples of dreaming in the waking state. Like the movie Groundhog Day, sleepwalking through reality keeps us trapped in the same stories, feelings and behaviors–despite our good intentions, self help help books and spiritual efforts…”
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“We poison our air, rivers and soil. We've created weapons capable of destroying all of us in a moment. How can we be so intelligent and yet so stupid? The truth is…”
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“Our relationships aren’t with real people, but with the characters in our minds. Everyone you know has a different version of you in their mind. That’s who they interact with. And it’s why they all treat you differently, because they see you differently in their minds. Illusion is when…”
“We’ve fallen asleep in the waking state and are acting on the dream in reality. You know, the tragedy is that our reality is the same. It’s the dreams that differ. It’s. It’s the conflicting stories in our minds that divide us. Dreaming the mind feels bad, driving behaviors that harm each other and the planet. But when the dreaming stops and the unreal stories fall away…”
“And the only way that happens is by not being aware of thinking. When we’re not aware of the mind and thinking, we are mistaking it for reality. And that’s dreaming. Dreaming causes delusion, and awakening cures it.” “As a species, our scientific intelligence has outpaced our awareness. Intelligence, and this imbalance is dangerous. When awake, we’re intelligent. When dreaming, we’re deluded. How do we fall asleep while awake and become so deluded?…”
“Some people have lost their minds, which is why they became very happy, like the spiritual teachers Ekhart Tolle and Byron Katie. I just wish we’d all lose our minds. It reminds me of …”
“You see, what really matters is knowing the difference between the imaginary mind and the reality. Children know the difference between imagination and reality. They call it play. They don’t use the mind to imagine things that are not fun.” “As a child, I knew something was wrong with adults. They didn’t make sense and so I didn’t want to become one of them. Alas, I failed. I became one of them…”
“Realizing you’re dreaming is the beginning of waking up. When I first noticed this, it was shocking. One moment I was …”
“It wasn’t the last time I unconsciously suffered, but it was the first time I became aware of unconscious suffering. It was a turning point. Falling asleep and waking up repeatedly is…”
“Ignorance of dreaming isn’t bliss, it’s blindness. People go in and out of dreaming all day, unaware of it, realizing this is the beginning of the end of unconscious dreaming. The awakening process can feel like hell, but it’s the dreaming that hurts, not the waking.”
“So as the saying goes, if you’re going through hell, don’t stop. Because an awake human is a peaceful human.”
“When I was a child, I used to sleepwalk. One night, I wandered to the edge of a lake. Someone followed to keep me safe. When I asked why they …”
“Humanity is sleepwalking towards the edge.”
“Human brilliance has brought us to the pinnacle of success and to the brink of extinction. The solution isn’t about fighting with or trying to control the mind. Instead, it lies in…”
“…by discovering how the mind works, we gain the ability to master it and wake up beyond it. People are beginning to awaken from both personal and collective dreaming. It’s time to accelerate this awakening.”
“… it’s time to reclaim reality, to stop dreaming and suffering our dreams, and to start living.”
“PS ~ You know that voice in your head? It’s not just a voice. That’s up next.”