"Getting away from it all," many people want that, and of course ultimately the only way to get away from it all is to go within, now.

Honoring the moment is honoring every human being you meet. The only place where you can meet them is in the moment.

The truth is: you don’t have a life, you are life.

Be at least as interested in what goes on inside you as what happens outside. If you get the inside right, the outside will fall into place.

The animals are at a level prior to thinking. They haven't lost themselves in thought. We rise above thinking and then we meet them again, where we're both in no-thought. There's a deep connection.

Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness.

Ultimately, there is no such thing as "my consciousness," but just the one consciousness and to sense your connectedness with the one (I can sense that continuously, which is why I can say that I know this for sure) to sense that connectedness with the one consciousness that pervades the universe, which in some traditions is called God, to sense that frees you of fear, from anxiety, and takes you to a very deep place of peace, but also of heightened aliveness.