To the ego, the present moment hardly exists. Only past and future are considered important.

You are not separate from the whole. You are one with the sun, the earth, the air. You don’t have a life. You are life.

You cannot give your full attention to something, and at the same time resist it.

Be alert as you watch a dog at play or at rest. Let the animal teach you to feel at home in the now, to celebrate life by being completely present. You just watch the tail ... with some dogs you just look at them - just a little look is enough - and their tail goes ...'Life is good! Life is good!' And they are not telling themselves a story of why life is good. It's a direct realization.

If increased meta-knowledge is not counter-balanced by a corresponding growth in consciousness then the likelihood of psycho-spiritual dysfunction is great.

An amazing realization is in the present moment there is only what is, but there are no problems. And if your attention remains in the Now, you no longer inhabit a world of problems. Challenges you may still face, but they come to you in the space of Now.

When you are present, when your attention is fully and intensely in the Now, Being can be felt, but it can never be understood mentally.