That in you which recognizes madness as madness (even if it is your own) is sanity, is the arising awareness, is the end of insanity.

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

We are a species that has lost its way. Everything natural, every flower or tree, and every animal have important lessons to teach us if we would only stop, look, and listen.

If you identify with a mental position, then if you are wrong, your mind-based sense of self is seriously threatened with annihilation. So you as the ego cannot afford to be wrong. To be wrong is to die. Wars have been fought over this, and countless relationships have broken down.

Thinking is only a small aspect of consciousness. Thought cannot exist without consciousness, but consciousness does not need thought

When you feel confused or burdened by problems focus on THIS INSTANT and ask yourself: WHAT PROBLEM DO I HAVE RIGHT NOW? You will find that there is no problem NOW. A challenge that requires action, possibly, but not a problem.

Awareness is the power that is concealed within the present moment. This is why we may also call it Presence.