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• I believe that one reason why the church of God at this present moment has so little influence over the world is because the world has so much influence over the church.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Believe, Church, World

  Charles Spurgeon (1989). “The Soul Winner”, p.278, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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• Sticking with uncertainty is how we learn to relax in the midst of chaos, how we learn to be cool when the ground beneath us suddenly disappears. We can bring ourselves back to the spiritual path countless times every day simply by exercising our willingness to rest in the uncertainty of the present moment—over and over again.

  Pema Chodron

  Spiritual, Exercise, Relax

  Pema Chodron (2003). “Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion”, p.8, Shambhala Publications

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• The most heartbreaking thing of all is how we cheat ourselves of the present moment.

  Pema Chodron

  Heartbreaking, Moments, Cheat

  Pema Chodron (2000). “When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times”, p.6, Shambhala Publications

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• When you are not making the present moment into a means to an end, you also are not making every human being you meet - in your business and even at home, in your family - into a means to an end.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Home, Mean, Moments

  Source: rayhemachandra.com

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• Work to recognize the primary importance of the present moment.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Moments, Importance, Primaries

  Source: rayhemachandra.com

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• All there really is to do now, is to be in the present Moment.

  Drunvalo Melchizedek

  Truth, Spirituality, Moments

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• The future is carved out of the present moment. Tomorrow's harvest depends upon today's ploughing and sowing.

  Chinmayananda Saraswati

  Inspiring, Moving, Heart

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• You can enjoy the present moment, and you can be aligned with the doing. A different state of consciousness, then, is the foundation for what you do. Presence flows into what you do. Even though what you do may be the same, there is a fundamental difference: The energy that flows into what you do, although it may be high energy, is very peaceful energy. It is not out of alignment with life.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Differences, Peaceful, May

  Source: rayhemachandra.com

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• Our right hemisphere, it thinks in pictures and it learns kinesthetically through the movement of our bodies. Information ... explodes into this enormous collage of what this present moment looks like, smells like and tastes like, what it feels like and what it sounds like.

  Jill Bolte Taylor

  Thinking, Smell, Brain

  "My stroke of insight". TED Talk, www.ted.com. February 2008.

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• Peace comes from being aligned with the present moment. Wherever you are, you feel that you are home—because you are home.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Home, Moments, Feels

  "5 Reasons You’re Not At Peace Right Now", www.huffingtonpost.com. October 15, 2012.

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• Living in the present moment creates the experience of eternity.

  Deepak Chopra

  Life, Live In The Moment, Moments

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• In the spiritual world there are no time divisions such as the past, present and future; for they have contracted themselves into a single moment of the present where life quivers in its true sense. The past and the future are both rolled up in this present moment of illumination, and this present moment is not something standing still with all its contents, for it ceaselessly moves on.

  D.T. Suzuki

  Spiritual, Single Mom, Moving

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• The trick is to keep exploring and not bail out, even when we find out that something is not what we thought. That's what we're going to discover again and again and again. Nothing is what we thought. I can say that with great confidence. Emptiness is not what we thought. Neither is mindfulness or fear. Compassion––not what we thought. Love. Buddha nature. Courage. These are code words for things we don't know in our minds, but any of us could experience them. These are words that point to what life really is when we let things fall apart and let ourselves be nailed to the present moment.

  Pema Chodron

  Fall, Compassion, Mind

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• A well trained body is a beautiful instrument on which to play the melody of the present moment.

  Rodney Yee

  Beautiful, Play, Body

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• If you're having difficulty coming up with new ideas, then slow down. For me, slowing down has been a tremendous source of creativity. It has allowed me to open up -- to know that there's life under the earth and that I have to let it come through me in a new way. Creativity exists in the present moment. You can't find it anywhere else.

  Natalie Goldberg

  Art, Creativity, Ideas

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• The difference between theism and nontheism is not whether one does or does not believe in God. . . Theism is a deep-seated conviction that there's some hand to hold: if we just do the right things, someone will appreciate us and take care of us. . . Nontheism is relaxing with the ambiguity and uncertainty of the present moment without reaching for anything to protect ourselves.

  Pema Chodron

  Atheist, Buddhist, Believe

  Pema Chodron (2000). “When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times”, p.51, Shambhala Publications

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• At the shock of a joke, everything disappears but the present moment.

  Russell Simmons

  Moments, Disappear, Shock

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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• The future is only a thought form. Work with the present moment. Be with what is.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Moments, Form

  Source: rayhemachandra.com

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• God is to be found not by stepping aside from the flow of daily life into religious moments and environments, or by looking away from creation to a spiritual realm beyond, but rather by entering attentively the depths of the present moment. There we will find God

  John Philip Newell

  Spiritual, Religious, Flow

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• Peace ca n exist only in the present moment. It is rid iculous to say "Wait until I fi nish this, then I will be free to live in peace." What is "this" ? A di­ploma, a job, a house, the payment of a debt? If yo u th ink that way, peace wi ll never come. There is always another "th is" that wi ll fo llow the present one. If you are not living in peace at this moment, you will never be able to . If you truly wa nt to be at peace, you must be at peace right now. Otherwise, there is only "the hope of peace some day.

  Nhat Hanh

  Jobs, House, Waiting

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• Inner resistance to whatever arises in the present moment pulls you back into unconsciousness. Inner resistance is some form of negativity, complaining, fear, aggression, or anger. This is important because whenever you complain about what somebody else does you're already beginning to fall into that trap of unconsciousness.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Spiritual, Fall, Negativity

  FaceBook post by Eckhart Tolle from Nov 12, 2010

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• Many people see themselves as a problem that needs to be solved. They also habitually see the present moment as an obstacle that they need to overcome or get away from. With awareness, an inner sense of spaciousness arises that enables you to look at your own mind, which is to say the human mind, with a certain degree of detachment.

  Eckhart Tolle

  People, Mind, Needs

  "Where Are You Now? An Interview with Eckhart Tolle". Interview with Stephen Gawtry, www.watkinsmagazine.com. November 4, 2014.

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• Awareness is the power that is concealed within the present moment. This is why we may also call it Presence.

  Eckhart Tolle

  May, Moments, Awareness

  Eckhart Tolle (2006). “A New Earth (Oprah #61): Awakening to Your Life's Purpose”, p.59, Penguin

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• To make money, to gather knowledge, to learn a new skill, to explore new territory, even to get from A to B - for all these things you need time. For almost everything you need time, except for one thing: to embrace the present moment.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Skills, Needs, Territory

  Source: www.qiwithoutborders.org

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• From a mind filled with infinite love comes the power to create infinite possibilities. We have the power to think in ways that reflect and attract all the love in the world. Such thinking is called enlightenment. Enlightenment is not a process we work toward, but a choice available to us in any instant.

  Marianne Williamson

  Thinking, Choices, Mind

  Marianne Williamson (2012). “The Law of Divine Compensation: On Work, Money, and Miracles”, p.7, Harper Collins

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