If you are living the dream, how do you know if you are asleep or awake?
Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law.
Those who are Awake live in a state of constant amazement.
While doing sadhana you must quieten your mind and keep awake the Purusha consciousness behind all your activities.
Sometimes I lie awake at night and ask why me? Then a voice answers nothing personal, your name just happened to come up.
With insomnia, you're never really awake; but you're never really asleep.
I woke at intervals until. . . the intervals of waking tipped the scales, and I was more often awake than not.
Death had to take Roosevelt sleeping, for if he had been awake, there would have been a fight.
And once you are awake, you shall remain awake eternally.
One thought cannot awake without awakening others.
Buddhist mindfulness is about the present, but I also think its about being real. Being awake to everything. Feeling like nothing can hurt you if you can look it straight on.
Only that day dawns to which we are awake.
My speaking is meant to shake you awake, not to tell you how to dream better.
Our own Sleeping Beauty. Who finally kissed you awake?
And we will be ready, at the end of every day will be ready, will not say no to anything, will try to stay awake while everyone is sleeping, will not sleep, will make the shoes with the elves, will breathe deeply all the time, breathe in all the air full of glass and nails and blood, will breathe it and drink it, so rich, so when it comes we will not be angry, will be content, tired enough to go, gratefully, will shake hands with everyone, bye, bye, and then pack a bag, some snacks, and go to the volcano.
It is not until you awaken and become fully present that you will realize that you have not been present. It is not until you awaken that you will realize you have been asleep, dreaming that you are awake.
It’s not about how much you sleep. It’s what you do while you’re awake.
Only fools imagine they are already awake. How clearly they understand everything! How easily they distinguish this deception from that reality!
They always, always, always curl your lashes, because it really helps open your eyes and make you look awake. Moisturizing is very important. And what they usually do at shows is they spray some water or Caudalie face spray, which smells really nice. They spray that over your face and make that a bit more fresh and dewy-looking so it's a bit less powdered.
The good thing about writing books is that you can dream while you are awake. If it’s a real dream, you cannot control it. When writing the book, you are awake; you can choose the time, the length, everything. I write for four or five hours in the morning and when the time comes, I stop. I can continue the next day. If it’s a real dream, you can’t do that.