The pas has no power to stop you from being present now. Only your grievance about the past can do that.

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.

Your inner purpose is an essential part of the purpose of the whole, the universe and its emerging intelligence. Your outer purpose can change over time. It varies greatly from person to person. Finding and living in alignment with the inner purpose is the foundation for fulfilling your outer purpose. It is the basis for true success.

The word enlightenment conjures up the idea of some superhuman accomplishment, and the ego likes to keep it that way, but it is simply your natural state of felt oneness with Being.

As long as you make an identity for yourself out of pain, you cannot be free of it.

In fact, people think you have to be stressed to be successful. They think if you are not stressed, something is wrong with you.

When you take your attention into the present moment, a certain alertness arises. You become more conscious of what's around you, but also, strangely, a sense of presence that is both within and without.