Conscious Living

All physical pleasures arise on the surface of the body and are experienced by the mind through the nervous system. You love the outer pleasures of the senses because you happened to be captured by them first, and then you remained their prisoner. Even as some people get used to jail, so we mortals like the outward pleasures, which shut off the joys from within
Outer environment and the company you keep are of paramount importance. The specific outer environment of early life is especially important in stimulating or stifling the inner instinctive environment of a child.
Understand and feel the superior joys of the inner life, and you will prefer them to the fleeting pleasures of the outer world.
To remain in ignorance of your divine nature and to be overpowered by bad habits is to make an enemy of your own self. The best way to be successful in this adventure of life is to be your own friend.
If you have made up your mind to find joy within yourself, sooner or later you will find it.
The biochemistry of the body is a product of awareness.
Well-Being is the basis of this Universe. You have only to allow it.
Where old age is accepted as part of the social fabric, elders remain extremely vigorous.
As we begin to travel more lightly within the body, aging becomes a different experience.
What drains your spirit drains your body. What fuels your spirit fuels your body.
Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.
Boredom, anger, sadness, or fear are not 'yours,' not personal. They are conditions of the human mind. They come and go.
Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference. That factor is attitude.
It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up.
Prejudice of any kind implies that you are identified with the thinking mind.
If you take action, just for the sake of doing it, you will find that you enjoy every action you do.
It is impossible for you to be angry and laugh at the same time.
To be more childlike, you don’t have to give up being an adult.