To the ego, the present moment hardly exists. Only past and future are considered important. This total reversal of the truth accounts for the fact that in the ego mode the mind is so dysfunctional. It is always concerned with keeping the past alive, because without it - who are you?

Why does the mind habitually deny or resist the Now? Because it cannot function and remain in control without time, which is past and future, so it perceives the timeless Now as threatening. Time and mind are in fact inseparable.

Because we all carry the Truth within us as our essence, we recognize it immediately.

The ego doesn't know that the source of all energy is within you, so it seeks it outside.

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

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.

Forget about your life situation and pay attention to your life. Your life situation exists in time. Your life is now. Your life situation is mind-stuff. Your life is real." "Instead of asking 'what do I want from life?,' a more powerful question is, 'what does life want from me?'