Charlie Morley > Quotes

“within Buddhism it is believed that ‘among the three general states of consciousness – waking, sleeping and dreaming – the coarsest state of consciousness, the one with the least potential for spiritual development is, surprisingly, the ordinary waking state’.”
― Charlie Morley, Dreams of Awakening: Lucid Dreaming and Mindfulness of Dream and Sleep

“The Buddha didn’t set out to found a religion or to convert people to a belief – he simply taught a system of ethics, compassion and loving kindness towards all beings, which aimed to help people wake up to their own enlightened nature. He”
― Charlie Morley, Dreams of Awakening: Lucid Dreaming and Mindfulness of Dream and Sleep

“If you want to live lucidly become conscious of being the formless presence of awareness that is witnessing all that you’re experiencing right now.”
― Charlie Morley, Lucid Dreaming Made Easy: A Beginner's Guide to Waking Up in Your Dreams

“Carl Jung believed that the majority of our problems are caused by being unaware of our psychological projections. Projection has been described as ‘a psychological defence mechanism in which we unconsciously project our own unacceptable qualities onto others.’ But how does it work? By not knowing that we’re projecting our blame onto others we needlessly create suffering for both them and us.”
― Charlie Morley, Lucid Dreaming Made Easy: A Beginner's Guide to Waking Up in Your Dreams