For years my life alternated between depression and acute anxiety. One night I woke up in a state of dread and intense fear, more intense than I had ever experienced before. Life seemed meaningless, barren, hostile. It became so unbearable that suddenly the thought came into my mind, I cannot live with myself any longer.

As you become present and thereby total in what you do, your actions become charged with spiritual power.

If small things have the power to disturb you, then who you think you are is exactly that: small.

In a fully functional organism, an emotion has a very short life span. It is like a momentary ripple or wave on the surface of your Being.

Don't think of yourself as having a past, don't think of yourself as having a future. What's left?

For the ego to survive, it must make time - past and future - more important than the present moment.

Not to be able to stop thinking is a dreadful affliction, but we don't realize this because almost everyone is suffering from it, so it is considered normal. This incessant mental noise prevents you from finding that realm of inner stillness that is inseparable from Being.