Arthur Joseph Deikman

1929-, American Psychiatrist, Writer

Attention / Awareness
So habitual is the trance of ordinary life that one could say that human beings are a race that sleeps and awakens, but does not awaken fully. Because half-awake is sufficient for the task we customarily do, few of us are aware of the dysfunction of our condition.

Wisdom for The Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing , © 2004