A huge number of people are going through the process of awakening, some in the early stages, some in later stages, and it's wonderful to see.

If a fish is born in your aquarium and you call him John, write out a birth certificate, tell him about his family history, and in two minutes he gets eaten by another fish - that's tragic. But it's only tragic because you projected a separate self where there was none. You got hold of a fraction of dynamic process, a molecular dance, and a separate entity out of it.

All it takes is a simple choice, a simple decision: no matter what happens, I will create no more pain for myself. I will create no more problems.

Challenges are something that can only be tackled in the present moment and require action.

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.

When you recognize this, you also realize that you are now free to give up this futile conflict, this inner state of war.

Worry pretends to be necessary but serves no useful purpose