The State Quotes
Success will come about because you are in a higher state of mind. If you create good karma, then you will go into higher states of mind.
Your ability to use mind whatever way you choose is outrageous. Much will depend upon how intensely you approach the study and the state of mind in which you begin.
When you look at a couch you don't really see the couch. You see the couch as perceived by a state of mind.
The types of thoughts that you think create a state of mind. The reason you think the thoughts you do results from your level of power.
Drinking alcohol takes you into a lower state of mind. If you drink a lot of it, things get very fuzzy and they are not very sharp or defined. This brings you into a lower state of attention.
Pain and suffering only occur in temporal time. They don't occur in the world of forever. They only occur in limited transient time, which is a state of mind.
In the Far Eastern languages we have many different words to describe the varying degrees of reality that a thing, a state of mind or plane of being may have.
Perfection is not a final state. It is a state of mind. There are ten thousand states of mind.
There's a place where everything comes together and where it's all the same. That state of mind, in which all things are the same, is the state of mind of Tantric Zen.
Everything is dependent upon your state of mind. That is all there is, states of mind, ten thousand of them. Beyond all states of mind is nirvana.
Life draws us in different directions, sometimes simultaneously. When you follow the direction that life draws you in, if you stay in a very powerful state of mind, then you'll see eternity.
Everything is perception. A hallucination is a perception of a certain reality. It is a perception of a certain state of mind.
Anything that you might want to be is around somewhere. You can become it. You just have to get into the state of mind that allows that to occur.
You are a little band of awareness and your awareness moves from one state of mind to another.
You perceive yourself as being solid and physical, limited to a body. You are made up of light, endless mind. The way you see life is a limited state of mind.
Your state of mind dominates your awareness to such an extent that you can't conceive of any other state of mind other than the state of mind that you're in.
When you change your state of mind, your whole life changes, nothing remains the same. Nothing looks the same, because you have changed.
Anyone has the ability, if they choose, to move to the higher end of the state of mind they are in. From that higher end, they can generate another state of mind.
The reason a person is in a particular state of mind is primarily because of attraction and aversion. Attraction and aversion cause us to format a mental or intellectual program.
Happiness is a state of mind. The key to happiness is being able to disconnect your life from your perceptions. If you saw things as they really were, you would be happy automatically.
Happiness is everything in the whole universe. It's a state of mind. Your whole life is a state of mind. So be happy, why not?
You can get stuck in one state of mind or a general area of mind for a thousand lifetimes. Some states of mind afford better views than others.
Your inner being already knows. It's trying to communicate with you. But it needs to shift you into a different state of mind.
If we are in the same state of mind, we just self-reflect, things are dull and gray and kind of boring.
When you start to meditate, if you stick with it, you will see tremendous changes in your life and state of mind.
You can be in a state of mind for a few seconds and forget that you were ever in any other state of mind. That's what we mean by illusion.
Karma is engendered by states of mind. If you are in a happy state of mind, that will engender one kind of karma. If you are in an unhappy state of mind, that will engender another kind of karma.
The state of mind that you are in causes you to act in a certain way. Your actions will bear results. The ultimate result of all karmas and actions is state of mind. You are your state of mind.
The person who gives selflessly in this lifetime immediately goes into a better state of mind. That is instant karma.
Death doesn't change anything. It just gives you a new location. The physical mind dissolves. But the overriding state of mind that you die in is the state of mind that you are born into.
The disembodied being stays in the same state of mind that it was in when it was embodied, unless it does something to change that while it is out of the body.
Enlightenment is not a state of mind, yet all states of mind are contained within it.
Enlightenment is a perfect state of mind. It is the direct seeing of reality. The world most people see, which they call life, is really just a dream.
It is possible to move to an enlightened state of mind from a lower bardo or level of awareness. It can happen, but it is extremely unlikely.
Enlightenment doesn't mean you stop being a student. Being a student is a state of mind. Enlightenment simply means that you are everything and everywhere. It doesn't preclude being a student.
You go on being reincarnated until you reach the actual Truth. Heaven and Hell are just a state of mind. We are all here to become Christ-like. The actual world is an illusion.
I think it's very important for people who are serving (in office) to make sure there's a separation of church and state.
There's a way to accomplish the separation of church and state and at the same time accomplish the social objective of having America become a hopeful place and loving place.
I appreciate that question because I, in the state of Texas, had heard a lot of discussion about a faith-based initiative eroding the important bridge between church and state.
The coziness between church and state is good for the state and bad for the church
As one of the country's largest land-grant universities, Ohio State must play a critical role in moving our country forward.
People look at me like I'm crazy when I say that our greatest partnership here at Ohio State should be with the community colleges.
I'm a tek addict myself. No matter where you are, people are looking for something to tear them away from reality, challenge their state of mind.
Surrender to alcohol intoxication provides a partial and subjective shortcut to a more correct state of mind.
The union of church and state put the church under a political control... The church was thoroughly subordinated to the state.
Some people have a fear of rejecting all the security that comes with family, church and state. They become fundamentalists.
I myself become terrified of death when I am in a negative state of mind. But the thought of death ceases to bother me once I become productive.
