Thinking, or more precisely identification with thinking, gives rise to and maintains the ego, which, in our Western society in particular, is out of control. It believes it is real and tries hard to maintain its supremacy. Negative states of mind, such as anger, resentment, fear, envy, and jealousy, are products of the ego.

When you are present, when your attention is fully in the Now, Presence will flow into and transform what you do. There will be a quality and power in it. You are present when what you are doing is not primarily a means to an end (money, prestige, winning) but fulfilling in itself, when there is joy and aliveness in what you do.

Whereas the notion of purpose before was always associated with future, there is now a deeper purpose that can only be found in the present, through denial of time.

Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.

As long as you make an identity for yourself out of pain, you cannot be free of it.

Pain is the fuel that lights the flame of our enlightenment

People had been writing to me and saying, "Can you write something for children?" I felt I couldn't quite do it myself because I never had children.