Conscious Collective Quotes

“The greatest threat to our planet is the idea that someone else will save it. Once the majority of individuals have become aware of themselves and the effect that they have on the world, humanity as a whole will, without a doubt, become a conscious collective.”
― Joseph P. Kauffman, Conscious Collective: An Aim for Awareness

“Each of us has a role to play, and we all need to contribute to making the world a better place. You cannot sit back and do nothing and hope for change; one person can make the biggest difference. Throughout history people have tried to say that we need love and we need to work together, which we do, but you cannot truly love anything unless you learn to love yourself. It all boils down to you, the individual.
When individuals accept themselves, they are liberated from their suffering, and are capable of fully embracing the world around them. You are the only one who can change your life. When the people recognize this, real change will come. Do not wait around for someone else to save the world. You are unique and you have knowledge from your own experience that no one else has. You have ideas and passions that nobody else can claim. You could be the one to help us out of the dreadful situation that we are in, but if you do not act on your ambition the world will never know.”
― Joseph P. Kauffman, Conscious Collective: An Aim for Awareness

“The modern educational system teaches children how to obey authority. People are not being educated; they're being tested for levels of obedience. School is about memorizing what you are told short-term and repeating it. Children are taught that truth comes from authority, that intelligence is the ability to remember and repeat, that accurate memory and repetition are rewarded, that noncompliance is punished, and that they need to conform both intellectually and socially. The sad truth is, our educational system is flawed. It does not properly educate the people; it teaches them how to be good workers.”
― Joseph P. Kauffman, Conscious Collective: An Aim for Awareness

“By embracing our negative habits with love, we can move humanity in the direction of peace.”
― Joseph P. Kauffman, Conscious Collective: An Aim for Awareness

“You cannot measure love. It originates within us and it is infinite.”
― Joseph P. Kauffman, Conscious Collective: An Aim for Awareness

“When we live a positive life, one that benefits our health, our self, our environment, and the people around us, we are setting in motion a great momentum of good karma.”
― Joseph P. Kauffman, Conscious Collective: An Aim for Awareness

“Rather than focusing on our future, we should do our best to improve our lives now, in the present moment.”
― Joseph P. Kauffman, Conscious Collective: An Aim for Awareness

“The elite have shaped our vision of reality. We now live by the ideas and beliefs that they have created for us. To really change our situation we are going to have to change our values and our lifestyles. We need to live in harmony with nature rather than working against it. We need to start providing for ourselves so we can take the power out of the hands of corporations.”
― Joseph P. Kauffman, Conscious Collective: An Aim for Awareness

“Plants do not grow all by themselves; they are pulled by the sunlight, the soil and all of the other factors required for their development. A sailboat does not sail; the wind moves the sail. All things are influenced by something else, as all people are acted upon by other things. Our behavior is generated by the many interacting variables that we encounter; there is no one thing that influences human behavior.”
― Joseph P. Kauffman, Conscious Collective: An Aim for Awareness

“Most people blindly accept the fact that gaining money is essential for survival, without questioning its nature. The truth is, our current monetary system is the reason that humanity is in such a devastating state, the reason that the world is so full of corruption. Our monetary system has been limiting the potential of human beings for centuries.
Inventions that benefit humanity are hidden or destroyed because they are not profitable, or because they interfere with the business of corporations. The supreme goal of modern man is to obtain wealth, because he believes that material things will bring him happiness. He invests the majority of his time and energy into gaining money at any cost. The accumulation of wealth has contributed to man's greed and selfishness. Earning money is more important to him than being a good person, benefiting humanity, and even life itself.”
― Joseph P. Kauffman, Conscious Collective: An Aim for Awareness

“By ignoring our health and consuming unhealthy products, we are unknowingly contributing to the genetic mutation of the human species.”
― Joseph P. Kauffman, Conscious Collective: An Aim for Awareness

“There is no diet that is right for everybody; every individual is different and requires a diet that is relevant to their lifestyle and their body’s needs.”
― Joseph P. Kauffman, Conscious Collective: An Aim for Awareness

“When you supply yourself with the proper vitamins and minerals, you enable the body to heal itself.”
― Joseph P. Kauffman, Conscious Collective: An Aim for Awareness

“The human body possesses an enormous, astonishing, and persistent capacity to heal itself. Disease generally occurs when we abuse our bodies or deprive them of basic requirements to keep us healthy over extended periods. If we are constantly putting food in our bodies that is not nutritious, while also not consuming any nutritious foods, we will develop disease and illness in our body. When we supply our bodies with the proper nutrients, they will not develop disease in the first place.”
― Joseph P. Kauffman, Conscious Collective: An Aim for Awareness

“The pharmaceutical drug industry is a half-trillion dollar per year global industry, with almost 300 billion dollars in the United States alone. The pharmaceutical companies and their shareholders rely on people to be sick, or else their stocks will plummet. There is no money to be made in health.”
― Joseph P. Kauffman, Conscious Collective: An Aim for Awareness

“the thing that will really change the world is not millions of people coming together in acts of retaliation against a corrupt system, but the individuals who learn to liberate themselves from the conditioning of their culture. A system no longer works if we choose to stop participating in it.”
― Joseph P. Kauffman, Conscious Collective: An Aim for Awareness

“Cell phones, computers, and internet have made it so that we can interact with anyone around the world at any moment, but the quality of our relationships around us have become less transparent. We no longer see our neighbors as neighbors, or people as people. We have been taught to look through our eyes and not our hearts. It is critical that humanity strengthens the relationships between people and learns to help each other. We were all born on this planet with no idea of who we are, and are forced to develop based on our surroundings to form a sense of identity, but deep down we are all the same.”
― Joseph P. Kauffman, Conscious Collective: An Aim for Awareness

“We live in a world that was created from an unlikely series of events. Atoms and molecules formed, and specks of dust created galaxies. Stars and nebulas are destroyed and reborn daily. Our planet was the result of billions of years of astronomical impacts, chemical combinations, and terrestrial evolutions. Human life evolved from molecules of water and developed a unique consciousness; and the forms of life given this amazing gift of life and consciousness, are destroying the very planet from which they were created.
A remarkable chain of events has led to our existence. Earth’s thin atmosphere sustains life and is being destroyed by the very life that it is sustaining. We have been given the gift of life and still we take this experience for granted. Unless we realize the effect that we have on our environment, the Earth will become uninhabitable for life, and everything we have ever known, every person, every event, every memory or good feeling we have felt will be nothing but the past of a self-destructive organism.”
― Joseph P. Kauffman, Conscious Collective: An Aim for Awareness

“If we didn’t kill all of these animals and eat them, then we wouldn’t have to breed all of these cows, pigs, chickens, and other livestock. If we didn’t breed these animals, then we wouldn’t have to feed these animals. If we didn’t have to feed them, we wouldn’t have to devote all of the land to growing grains and legumes to feed to them. So then the forest could come back, wildlife could return, ocean life would return, the rivers would be clean again, the air would be clean again, and our health would return. This is achievable by switching to a plant-based diet and encouraging other people to do the same. Educate yourself and others. Show them that there are delicious and nutritious alternatives to eating meat, and that by eating meat they are contributing to the pollution of the planet. There are plenty of plant foods that will provide you with more than enough nutrients to be healthy.”
― Joseph P. Kauffman, Conscious Collective: An Aim for Awareness

“We could learn a lot from the philosophy of Shaolin. Their belief that the ego must be transcended in order to focus on reality is an essential lesson that applies to all of humanity. We could also benefit greatly from their philosophy of independence, individualism and self-reliance. Instead of depending on governments and corporations, we should depend on our environment, our compassionate human interaction, and ourselves. To do this, we must practice what we preach. It is easy to speak of ways to heal the world, but to actually act accordingly is much more difficult.”
― Joseph P. Kauffman, Conscious Collective: An Aim for Awareness

“Nature is interconnected; when we do damage to one fraction of the web of life, we do damage to the entire web. Everything that we do affects everything else, including ourselves. We cannot ignore the constant pollution and assume it won’t interfere with our lives down the road. We need to understand the interconnectedness of Nature and act accordingly if we wish to heal our current situation here on Earth. We need to start treating things in relation to every other thing, especially when it involves life, health, and the use of natural resources.”
― Joseph P. Kauffman, Conscious Collective: An Aim for Awareness

“When we get rid of our ego, we stop doing things to impress others, we stop trying to cling to the idea of ourselves and we realize that we are a part of the natural world. This realization will give us the perspective that is greatly needed to improve the state of our society.”
― Joseph P. Kauffman, Conscious Collective: An Aim for Awareness

“Enlightenment is not about building a false sense of spirituality or blindly following religious doctrine, it is about carefully cultivating practices that relieve one of the ego and transcend the illusory perceptions of the world.”
― Joseph P. Kauffman, Conscious Collective: An Aim for Awareness

“If you want to know the taste of an orange, you have to taste it; no amount of description can exactly convey its taste to you. Similarly, you cannot properly explain enlightenment to someone who has not experienced it.”
― Joseph P. Kauffman, Conscious Collective: An Aim for Awareness

“The Universe has expanded, but it originates from the same source. We were made from the same energy that created the stars. You are not your name, your resume, your accomplishments, or your ethnic background; you are a part of the whole Universe, just as a wave is a part of the ocean. You breathe without effort, your cells function independently without your control, your mind functions naturally, you are more than just an identity; you are the Universe. When you understand this intuitively and not just intellectually, you will inevitably feel an overwhelming sense of oneness, a realization that you are not a separate entity, that you are an integral piece of your environment. This realization is the mental state that is properly associated with the term enlightenment.”
― Joseph P. Kauffman, Conscious Collective: An Aim for Awareness

“Healthy soil = healthy food = healthy body = healthy mind = healthy life. It is as simple as that. The health of our soil determines the quality of our food, the quality of our food determines the amount of energy and nutrients our bodies get, the amount of energy and nutrients we get determines our mood and its influence on our thoughts, which in turn create a balanced and healthy lifestyle.”
― Joseph P. Kauffman, Conscious Collective: An Aim for Awareness

“Focusing on nutrition is the first step that we need to take as a society. Understanding where our food comes from, how it is grown, what is in it, and how it effects our health, are essential to maintaining the well-being of our bodies and our culture. Most of us do not have the slightest clue of where our food comes from or how to produce our own food. To really develop a sustainable lifestyle, we must grow our own food. No matter how much food you are able to grow, the knowledge and experience of growing food are fundamental to our survival as a species.”
― Joseph P. Kauffman, Conscious Collective: An Aim for Awareness

“How can we expect to heal the world if we do not first heal ourselves? Society is a reflection of our actions and our behavior, which would explain why our violent and destructive nature correlates with a violent and destructive society.”
― Joseph P. Kauffman, Conscious Collective: An Aim for Awareness

“In our early history, agriculture provided the means for civilized life. The central focus of civilization was to maintain the crops and ensure that the entire community received adequate nourishment. By becoming city-dwellers, we have drifted away from this core principle of civilization. As the damaging effects of neglecting our food supply are becoming more and more apparent, it is clear that humanity needs to return our central focus to the production and distribution of healthy food.”
― Joseph P. Kauffman, Conscious Collective: An Aim for Awareness

“Growing your own food is like printing your own money. When you grow your own food, you supply your family with meals and help them survive, without the help of a food business. This is how we begin to shift toward a more resource-based economy, by providing our own resources in the safety of our own backyards. Make sure the food you grow is organic and do not use any harmful pesticides or fertilizers. By growing your own food, you can also build a great community. People will work together for the common goal of eating a healthy meal.”
― Joseph P. Kauffman, Conscious Collective: An Aim for Awareness