26 Quotes About Consciousness Raising

In the 1960s, a group of young women began meeting at a New York City apartment. These women, who were beginning to question gender roles, social norms, and the established order, began to discuss their own experiences and to create a safe space where they could share their thoughts and challenges. They called themselves “consciousness-raising” groups. The movement was named after the book by Simone de Beauvoir called The Second Sex Read more

In short, consciousness-raising groups focused on raising awareness about certain problems by educating individuals with similar experiences. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, consciousness-raising groups were no longer focused on sharing personal experiences but instead became a forum for women to express their opinions on a wide range of subjects related to feminism and gender roles. Consciousness-raising groups continued into the 1990s as a means of educating individuals about issues related to the feminist movement and gender equality. Feminism is a social movement that advocates equal rights for men and women as well as other social, political, and economic reforms so as to achieve equality between the sexes. The first wave of feminism was predominantly active from around 1848 to 1920.

Proponents of this wave included such figures as Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Lucy Stone.

When you catch yourself slipping into a pool of negativity,...
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When you catch yourself slipping into a pool of negativity, notice how it derives from nothing other than resistance to the current situation. Donna Quesada
Courage is often associated with aggression, but instead should be...
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Courage is often associated with aggression, but instead should be seen as a willingness to act from the heart. Donna Quesada
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A free spirit is not bound by this, that, matter, materialism or opinion. They sing, dance and flow on the wind - for they are at one with it. They are nothing and everything - void and expanse. Even space and time does not confine or define them. For they are pure energy itself. Rasheed Ogunlaru
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Don’t feel bad about feeling bad. Don’t be frightened of feeling afraid. Don’t be angry about getting angry. There is no need to give up when we are feeling depressed. Nor should we be dismayed at the grief which often accompanies the outgrowing of anything which needs outgrowing. We can be glad that our soul is speaking to us and pushing us onwards. We frequently need to persevere with a period of inner turmoil before the dust can settle and be swept out the door. . Donna Goddard
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If we become aware that someone is sending thoughts of ill will in our direction, we do not argue with the apparent reality of malice. To do so would give it more substance. We remove the personal sense of ourself and the other person. Donna Goddard
We may talk lightly but never carelessly. We keep at...
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We may talk lightly but never carelessly. We keep at bay the flow of common, ignorant thought which runs its damaging course through the pathways of ordinary human conversation. Donna Goddard
Genes come together to construct a magnificent life-form, while neurons...
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Genes come together to construct a magnificent life-form, while neurons come together to form our Illusion of Consciousness. Abhijit Naskar
â€â€¹I wanted to present Neuroscience to people in a way...
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â€â€¹I wanted to present Neuroscience to people in a way that would diminish their differences. Abhijit Naskar
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Neuroscience makes us connect with each other at an emotional level. It makes us make friends. It makes us dream more positively. It makes us more optimistic about ourselves and the world even in our darkest days. It makes us achieve our goal endowed with strength even through immense miseries. It allows us to attain the subjective reality of our fellow humans. Imbued with the understanding of the mind we can walk in the shoes of other people. . Abhijit Naskar
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I realized the universe had consumed my whole entity with its divine sensation of eternal bliss. All I could consciously perceive in that state of mind was absolute oneness. I felt being one with the banyan tree, under which I was sitting. I felt one with the corns in the field. I felt one with the sky and the clouds in it. As if everything was me, and I was everything. I didn’t have any perception of time or space. All that there was, was an all- pervading eternity — a state of non-dualism. Abhijit Naskar
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The transcendental state of Absolute Oneness sets the human mind free. Abhijit Naskar
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Once the lotus of your inner divinity gets full-blown and you reach the mental state where all the religious giants of human history experienced the all-encompassing sense of godliness, the exuberance of the human mind turns infinite. Awakening into that state makes all the perceptual limitations of the mind disappear, just like a bucket of muddy water turns crystal-clear once poured into the ocean. Abhijit Naskar
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Water and a bubble on it are one and the same. The bubble has its birth in the water, floats on it, and is ultimately resolved into it. Likewise, your consciousness is born in your brain, goes through various states in your lifetime and ultimately resolves into the brain. Abhijit Naskar
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The acknowledgement of a single possibility can change everything. Aberjhani
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God is a sound frequency, and we can all tune in if we just listen. Some find The Rhythm through different melodies, but it's all music. Jennifer Sodini
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Everything in your mental life proceeds in proper neurological order. If you could have sufficient insight into all the inner and outer parts of your mental life, along with remembrance and intelligence enough to consider all the circumstances and take them into account, you would be a true prophet and visualize the future in the present as in a mirror. Abhijit Naskar
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Thinking about what's beyond thought, is opening up your mind to tap into infinite intelligence designed to expand your consciousness. Dr. Jacinta Mpalyenkana
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All states of consciousness, no matter how mystical, ecstatic or divine, are gloriously born through the protoplasmic activity of the brain. Abhijit Naskar
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All endeavors, heroic or monstrous, scientific or philosophical, rise from the electrochemical functioning of the mind, that takes place relentlessly in the little specks of protoplasm inside the head. These specks of jelly inside the brain, known as the neurons, determine our identity, personality and everything that we are. Abhijit Naskar
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I am beautiful, one with cosmos, life force, eternal abundance, joy, vitality, infinite consciousness. Jay Woodman
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Share your dreams and they will be inspired. Plant seeds of knowledge and they will grow and reproduce beyond measure. Terry A. ONeal
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Peace of mind arrives the moment you come to peace with the contents of your mind. Rasheed Ogunlaru
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We think consciously yet live life unconsciously! Ramana Pemmaraju
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We effect more than we can possibly know. With every mood, every thought, every word, every gesture, we change our lives and our universe. Maharishi Sadasiva Isham
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The Invisible World reveals to us this Truth within its silence. Jacqueline Ripstein