the way to consciousness

The only way to achieve consciousness
is by concentrating on the physical, the mental, and the spiritual.
Concentration on the powers of the spirit to discover unity
in diversity is called consciousness.
All that draws on unity is moral all the draws on diversity is immoral.
Swami Vivekananda

the greatness of our soul...

To know our soul apart from our ego is the first step toward accomplishing the supreme deliverance. It is necessary that we know with absolute certainty that in essence we are spirit. And we can only arrive at this knowledge if we render ourselves masters of our ego, if we rise above all pride, all appetite, all fear, by knowing that material losses and the death of the body can never take away the truth and the greatness of our soul.

Rabindranath Tagore