When faced with a radical crisis, when the old way of being in the world, of interacting with each other and with the realm of nature doesn't work anymore, when survival is threatened by seemingly insurmountable problems, an individual life-form -- or a species -- will either die or become extinct or rise above the limitations of its condition through an evolutionary leap.

The present moment is all you ever have. There is never a time when your life is not 'this moment.' Is this not a fact?

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.

The whole world changes when there's presence - sunlight everywhere - because you're not separate from the world.

If there isn't an emanation of love and joy, complete presence and openness toward all beings, then it is not enlightenment.

If your mind carries a heavy burden of past, you will experience more of the same. The past perpetuates itself through lack of presence. The quality of your consciousness at this moment is what shapes the future.

To the ego, loving and wanting are the same, whereas true love has no wanting in it, no desire to possess or for your partner to change.