Once you realize that a certain kind of food makes you sick, would you carry on eating that food and keep on asserting that it's okay to be sick?
True salvation is freedom from negativity.
To have your attention in the Now is not a denial of what is needed in your life. It is recognition of what is primary.
The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it.
The ego always looks toward the next moment for some kind of fulfillment.
Since ancient times, spiritual masters of all traditions have pointed to the Now as the key to the spiritual dimension. Despite this, it seems to have remained a secret.