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

All you realy need to do is accept this moment fully. You are then at ease in the here and now and at ease with yourself.

Vigilance in oneself is very important. Vigilance means to be alert to what happens inside, so you can catch an old, collective habit pattern.

Because dogs and cats still live in the original state of connectedness with Being, they can help us regain it. When we do so, however, that original state deepens and turns into awareness.

Things and conditions can give you pleasure but they cannot give you joy- joy arises from within.

When you lose touch with inner stillness, you lose touch with yourself. When you lose touch with yourself, you lose yourself in the world. Your innermost sense of self, of who you are, is inseparable from stillness. This is the I Am that is deeper than name and form.

If you find here & now intolerable, you have options: remove yourself from the situation, change it, or accept it totally.