In today's rush we all think too much, seek too much, want too much and forget about the joy of just Being.

I've always enjoyed being in the background, sitting in a cafe, watching people. But now, when I sit in a cafe, sometimes people watch me. It's a challenge. But it's usually people who want to say 'your book transformed my life', or something... so then I'm joyful. One moment before, I didn't want them to recognise me, but when they do, I'm glad.

People don't realize that now is all there ever is; there is no past or future except as memory or anticipation in your mind.

That stillness and vastness that enables the Universe to be, is not just out there in space...it is also within you.

There is nothing that strengthens the ego more than being right. Being right is identification with a mental position - a perspective, an opinion, a judgement, a story. For you to be right, of course, you need someone else to be wrong, as so the ego loves to make wrong in order to be right.

Make it a habit to ask yourself: What's going on inside me at this moment? That question will point you in the right direction. But don't analyze, just watch. Focus your attention within. Feel the energy of the emotion. If there is no emotion present, take your attention more deeply into the inner energy field of your body. It is the doorway into Being.

If you cannot accept an external event immediately, then some kind of resistance will come up. And there may be some external events you cannot accept at all.