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

And so I came to understand why some masters sometimes say, "You are already enlightened."

Until presence becomes your predominant state, you may find yourself moving back and forth for a while between the old consciousness and the new, between mind identification and presence.

Enlightenment means choosing to dwell in a state of presence rather than in time. It means saying yes to what is.

Make it a habit to ask yourself: What's going on inside me at this moment? That question will point you in the right direction. But don't analyze, just watch. Focus your attention within. Feel the energy of the emotion. If there is no emotion present, take your attention more deeply into the inner energy field of your body. It is the doorway into Being.

Don't look for any other state than the one you are in now; otherwise, you will set up inner conflict and unconscious resistance. Forgive yourself for not being at peace. The moment you completely accept your non-peace, your non-peace becomes transmuted into peace. Anything you accept fully will get you there, will take you into peace. This is the miracle of surrender.

Everybody who is not awake spiritually is totally identified with and run by their thinking mind - the incessant voice in the head.