Allow nature to teach you stillness.

To the ego, the present moment hardly exists. Only past and future are considered important.

Death is a stripping away of all that is not you. The secret of life is to "die before you die" --- and find that there is no death.

When you say “yes” to the “isness” of life, when you accept this moment as it is, you can feel a sense of spaciousness within you that is deeply peaceful.

The dog is still in the natural state. And you can easily see that, because you have problems and your dog doesn't. And while your happy moments may be rare, your dog celebrates life continuously.

... inherited collective mind-patterns ... have kept humans in bondage to suffering for eons.

Instead of being lost in your thinking, when you awaken you recognize yourself as the awareness behind it. Thinking then ceases to be a self-serving autonomous activity that takes possession of you and runs your life.