Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. Make the Now the primary focus of your life.
Die before you die and find that there is no death.
Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it.
All the things that truly matter, beauty, love, creativity, joy and inner peace arise from beyond the mind.
The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive. To put it more accurately... you usually don't use it at all. It uses you.
All true artists, whether they know it or not, create from a place of no-mind, from inner stillness.
As soon as you honor the present moment, all unhappiness and struggle dissolve.
If you can get the inside right, the outside will fall into place.
Death is a stripping away of all that is not you. The secret of life is to "die before you die" --- and find that there is no death.
Nothing has happened in the past; it happened in the Now. Nothing will ever happen in the future; it will happen in the Now.
◦"At the deepest level of Being, you are one with all that is
Life is now. There was never a time when your life was not now, nor will there ever be.
Always say “yes” to the present moment. What could be more futile, more insane, than to create inner resistance to what already is? what could be more insane than to oppose life itself, which is now and always now? Surrender to what is. Say “yes” to life — and see how life suddenly starts working for you rather than against you.
Pleasure is always derived from something outside you, whereas joy arises from within.
The present moment is all you ever have.
As soon as you honor the present moment, all unhappiness and struggle dissolve, and life begins to flow with joy and ease. When you act out the present-moment awareness, whatever you do becomes imbued with a sense of quality, care, and love - even the most simple action.
The most common ego identifications have to do with possessions, the work you do, social status and recognition, knowledge and education, physical appearance, special abilities, relationships, person and family history, belief systems, and often nationalistic, racial, religious, and other collective identifications. None of these is you.
Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.
What could be more futile, more insane, than to create inner resistance to something that already is?
The intensity of the pain depends on the degree of resistance to the present moment.
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