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" Self-awareness is not just relaxation and not just meditation. It must combine relaxation with activity and dynamism. Technology can aid that. "

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" Traditional science assumes, for the most part, that an objective observer independent reality exists; the universe, stars, galaxies, sun, moon and earth would still be there if no one was looking. "

" When resources become skimpy, human beings don't suddenly cooperate to conserve what's left. They fight to the last scrap for possession of a diminishing resource. "

" Our minds influence the key activity of the brain, which then influences everything; perception, cognition, thoughts and feelings, personal relationships; they're all a projection of you. "

" The greatest mystery of existence is existence itself. "

" The way you think, the way you behave, the way you eat, can influence your life by 30 to 50 years. "

" In societies where mature workers are respected and where their wisdom is respected, everybody benefits. Workers are more engaged and productive. Their health is better. They live longer. "

" In my definition of consciousness, consciousness is the same thing as life. What wisdom traditions also call spirit. "

" I teach people that no matter what the situation is, no matter how chaotic, no matter how much drama is around you, you can heal by your presence if you just stay within your center. "

" Life gives you plenty of time to do whatever you want to do if you stay in the present moment. "

" From a scientist's perspective, to understand everything that you need to know about human beings, you only have to tinker with all the mechanical parts of genes and the brain until there are no more secrets left. "

" Seeking can become stressful when you apply the same laws that you apply in the material world - hard work, exacting plans, driving ambition, and attachment to outcome. "

" In moments of transcendence, when time stands still, your biological clock will stop. The spirit is that domain of our awareness where there is no time. "

" So many things happen for every event, and if you try to manipulate it, it means you are struggling against the whole universe, and that's just silly. "

" It is the nature of babies to be in bliss. "

" I think we need the feminine qualities of leadership, which include attention to aesthetics and the environment, nurturing, affection, intuition and the qualities that make people feel safe and cared for. "

" Your immune cells are like a circulating nervous system. Your nervous system in fact is a circulating nervous system. It thinks. It's conscious. "

" I, of course, meditate for two hours every morning. It's part of my schedule; I wake up at 4 a.m. every day and I love it. "

" Every person is a God in embryo. Its only desire is to be born. "

" There are receptors to these molecules in your immune system, in your gut and in your heart. So when you say, 'I have a gut feeling' or 'my heart is sad' or 'I am bursting with joy,' you're not speaking metaphorically. You're speaking literally. "

" Passivity is the same as defending injustice. "

" There is no fixed physical reality, no single perception of the world, just numerous ways of interpreting world views as dictated by one's nervous system and the specific environment of our planetary existence. "

" The highest levels of performance come to people who are centered, intuitive, creative, and reflective - people who know to see a problem as an opportunity. "

" And for me anyway, consciousness is three components: a personal component which for lack of a better word we can call the soul. A collective component which is more archetypal and a deeper level, and then a universal domain of consciousness. "

" You can't make positive choices for the rest of your life without an environment that makes those choices easy, natural, and enjoyable. "

" Enlightened leadership is spiritual if we understand spirituality not as some kind of religious dogma or ideology but as the domain of awareness where we experience values like truth, goodness, beauty, love and compassion, and also intuition, creativity, insight and focused attention. "

" To think is to practice brain chemistry. "

" Karma is experience, and experience creates memory, and memory creates imagination and desire, and desire creates karma again. If I buy a cup of coffee, that's karma. I now have that memory that might give me the potential desire for having cappuccino, and I walk into Starbucks, and there's karma all over again. "

" Religions take donations and don't pay taxes. "

" If you want to do really important things in life and big things in life, you can't do anything by yourself. And your best teams are your friends and your siblings. "