The mind, conditioned as it is by the past, always seeks to re-create what it knows and is familiar with. Even if it is painful, at least it is familiar. The mind always adheres to the known. The unknown is dangerous because it has no control over it. That's why the mind dislikes and ignores the present moment.

Give yourself completely to the act of listening. Beyond the sounds there is something greater, a sacredness that cannot be understood through thought.

Things and conditions can give you pleasure but they cannot give you joy- joy arises from within.

It is not necessary to do things in a state of anxiety or anguish. That is not the way to be aligned with life.

Nothing has happened in the past; it happened in the Now. Nothing will ever happen in the future; it will happen in the Now.

To offer no resistance to life is to be in a state of grace, ease, and lightness.

Awareness takes over from thinking. Instead of being in charge of your life, thinking becomes the servant of awareness.