"Do not attach yourself to what your body is going through. Keep your mind above it, keep your head in heaven and your feet on the ground."
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , attachment , be-the-witness , body , broader-perspective , detachment , empty-mind , neti-neti
"Your goal is not to battle with the mind, but to witness the mind"
- Swami Muktanandaspiritual , Swami Muktananda , advaita-vedanta , awareness , be-the-witness , mindfulness
"Begin to spend more time diving within yourself, watching, witnessing. When thoughts pop up, simply ask yourself, 'To whom do these thoughts come? To me. I think them. Who am I? What is the source of the I?' As you do this, my friends, I can assure you a marvelous change will take place in your life, sooner or later, and you will become free."
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , be-the-witness , liberation , sadhana , self-inquiry , source-energy , who-am-i
"Everything changes once we identify with being the witness to the story, instead of the actor in it."
- Ram Dassspiritual , Ram Dass , be-the-witness , detachment , illusion , neti-neti
"It is that in which thoughts appear and disappear. It is 'behind' thought"
- Jean Kleinspiritual , Jean Klein , be-the-witness , no-thoughts , self-realization , who-am-i
"The body is neither yours, nor mine, nor anybody's. These bodies are coming and going by the laws of nature, but we are free, standing as witness."
- Swami Vivekanandaspiritual , Swami Vivekananda , be-the-witness , body , detachment , karma , liberation , maya , neti-neti
"The most decisive event in your life is when you discover you are not your thoughts or emotions. Instead, you can be present as the awareness behind the thoughts and emotions."
- Eckhart Tollespiritual , Eckhart Tolle , awakening , awareness , be-the-witness , neti-neti
"You are the sky. The clouds are what happens, what comes and goes."
- Eckhart Tollespiritual , Eckhart Tolle , awareness , be-the-witness , detachment , neti-neti , who-you-are
"Realize that who you are is not the voice- the thinker - but the one who is aware of it."
- Eckhart Tollespiritual , Eckhart Tolle , awareness , be-the-witness , introspection , neti-neti , self-inquiry , who-you-are
"When I look beyond the mind, I see the witness. Beyond the witness, there is infinite intensity of emptiness and silence."
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , awakening , be-the-witness , emptiness , infinite , self-inquiry , silence , who-am-i
"Let the waves of universe rise and fall as they will. You have nothing to gain or lose. You are the ocean."
- Ashtavakra Gitaspiritual , Ashtavakra Gita , be-the-witness , detachment , enlightenment , neti-neti , ocean , universe
"Follow the I, abide in the I and you will soon come to the conclusion, that I does not exist."
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , be-the-witness , ego , self-inquiry , self-realization , who-am-i
"Wisdom comes with the ability to be still. Just took and just listen. No more is needed. Being still, looking, and listening activates the non-conceptual intelligence within you. Let stillness direct your words and actions."
- Eckhart Tollespiritual , Eckhart Tolle , be-the-witness , inspiration , intelligence , spirit-guides , stillness , wisdom , within-yourself
"I am not an object in consciousness but it's source, it's witness, pure shapeless awareness."
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , advaita-vedanta , awareness , be-the-witness , consciousness , pure , source-energy , spirit , who-am-i
"Let your mind be free to go wherever it will."
- Yagyu Munenorispiritual , Yagyu Munenori , be-the-witness , consciousness , detachment , liberation , mind
"True peace is having no plans other than facing what is."
- Matt Kahnspiritual , Matt Kahn , acceptance , be-the-witness , peace , serenity
"You are pure Awareness. Be still, and abide in the bliss of Self."
- Ashtavakra Gitaspiritual , Ashtavakra Gita , awareness , be-the-witness , bliss , self , self-realization
"Abide in Awareness with no illusion of person. You will be instantly free and at peace."
- Ashtavakra Gitaspiritual , Ashtavakra Gita , awareness , be-the-witness , ego , illusion , liberation , neti-neti , serenity
"Become the spectator, become aware of the natural flow of life."
- Jean Kleinspiritual , Jean Klein , awareness , be-the-witness , flow , slow-down , stillness
"He who believes he is a person is constantly acting, even when the body is at rest. The sage knows he is not a person and therefore does nothing, even when the body is in motion."
- Ashtavakra Gitaspiritual , Ashtavakra Gita , advaita-vedanta , be-the-witness , detachment , emptiness , instinct , jnani , sage
"As we unfold on this path our job is to watch, to look, to see, never to react. Only to be the witness. Having no opinions for or against."
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , awareness , be-the-witness , empty-mind , neti-neti , no-thoughts , non-duality , stillness
"You are the Sole Witness of all that is, forever free. Your only bondage is not seeing This."
- Ashtavakra Gitaspiritual , Ashtavakra Gita , advaita-vedanta , awakening , be-the-witness , enlightenment , liberation , self-realization
"Through our eyes, the universe is perceiving itself. Through our ears, the universe is listening to its harmonies. We are the witnesses through which the universe becomes conscious of its glory, of its magnificence."
- Alan Wattslaw-of-attraction , spiritual , Alan Watts , amazing , awareness , be-the-witness , beauty , eyes , glory , music , perception , universe , wonder
"There is only one meditation- the rigorous refusal to harbor thoughts."
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , be-the-witness , empty-mind , meditation , neti-neti , non-duality , thought
"I see no difference between you and me. My life is a succession of events, just like yours. Only I am detached and see the passing show as a passing show, while you stick to things and move along with them."
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , be-the-witness , detachment , jnani , neti-neti , non-duality
"Just sit back and enjoy it. What it is. The real you is quite entertained by whatever is happening."
- Adyashantispiritual , Adyashanti , be-the-witness , detachment , reality , who-you-are
"Ignore the mind the way you disregard the crowd you encounter in the streets."
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , advaita-vedanta , be-the-witness , detachment , empty-mind , negative-thinking , non-duality , thought
"Dream is short and the waking long. Both are the result of the mind. Because the waking state is long, we imagine that it is our real state."
- Ramana Maharshispiritual , Ramana Maharshi , advaita-vedanta , be-the-witness , dream-sleep , illusion , imagination , mind , non-duality , non-physical , reality , self-realization , sleep , who-you-are
"The best thing you can do, is to dive deep within yourself, and discover your true nature."
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , be-the-witness , be-yourself , inner-being , introspection , self , self-inquiry , self-realization , source-energy , who-you-are , within-yourself
"Non-dual realization cannot be dealt with by the mind because it is beyond the mind."
- Jean Kleinspiritual , Jean Klein , advaita-vedanta , awakening , be-the-witness , empty-mind , mind , non-duality , self-realization
"The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence."
- Jiddu Krishnamurtispiritual , Jiddu Krishnamurti , ability , be-the-witness , intelligence , judgemental , observation , slow-down
"Do realize that it is not you who moves from dream to dream, but the dreams flow before you, and you are the immutable witness. No happening affects your real being- that is the absolute truth."
- Nisargadatta Maharajspiritual , Nisargadatta Maharaj , all-is-well , be-the-witness , being , dreams , illusion , inner-being , invincible , reality , self-realization , stillness , truth , well-being , who-you-are