Nothing ever happened in the past that can prevent you from being present now, and if the past cant prevent you from being present now, what power does it have?

When you say, 'I enjoy doing this or that', it is really a misperception. It makes it appear that the joy comes from what you do, but that is not the case. Joy does not come from what you do, it flows into what you do and thus into this world from deep within you.

Whatever you do in your daily life - driving from here to there, trying to reach someone on the phone, doing this or that - you always are going toward somewhere. That's inevitable.

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

If you completely accept something, it changes. If you completely accept it, it shifts.

By a monstrous act of reductionism, the infinite depth of who you are is confused with a sound produced by the vocal cords." (p. 28)

Become intensely conscious of the present moment.