Emotion in itself is not unhappiness. Only emotion plus an unhappy story is unhappiness

Attention is the vital thing and there is no tension in attention. It just happens to be a similar word. It's not concentration or straining. Attention has the openness of a young child not yet dominated by the conceptual mind.

When you are in the present moment, you break the continuity of your story, of past and future. Then true intelligence arises, and also love.

If you are not in alignment with the moment, life is a struggle. Really, all you have to do is take responsibility for your inner alignment with now.

You can always cope with the present moment, but you cannot cope with something that is only a mind projection - you cannot cope with the future.

Thinking is a wonderful tool if it's applied. Thinking, however, can not become the master. Thinking is a very bad master. If you're dominated by thinking then your life becomes very restricted.

Be aware of your breathing. Notice how this takes attention away from your thinking and creates space.