It is precisely through the onset of old age, through loss or personal tragedy, that the spiritual dimension would traditionally come into people's lives. This is to say, their inner purpose would emerge only as their outer purpose collapsed and the shell of the ego would begin to crack open. The emphasis shifts from doing to Being, and our civilization, which is lost in doing, knows nothing of Being. It asks: being? What do you do with it?

There is a fine balance between honoring the past and losing yourself in it. For example, you can acknowledge and learn from mistakes you made, and then move on and refocus on the now. It is called forgiving yourself.

...the relationship is here to make you conscious instead of happy.

Stress means there is something wrong, and you are not aligned with life.

What a liberation to realize that the 'voice in my head' is not who I am. 'Who am I, then?' The one who sees that.

One way to become aware many times during the day is to take a conscious breath. Doing so breaks the stream of thinking.

When you want to arrive at your goal more than you want to be doing what you are doing, you become stressed.