All cravings are the mind seeking salvation or fulfillment in external things and in the future as a substitute for the joy of Being.

The secret of awakening is to unconditionally accept this moment as it is.

Every addiction starts with pain and ends with pain.

The power of movies lies in the fact that it enables the viewer to enter the reality, to some extent, of the characters.

"I am the awareness that is aware that there is attachment." That's the beginning of the transformation of consciousness.

Is fear preventing you from taking action? Acknowledge the fear, watch it, take your attention into it, be fully present with it. Doing so cuts the link between the fear and your thinking. Don't let the fear rise up into your mind. Use the power of the Now. Fear cannot prevail against it.

Just watching an animal closely can take you out of your mind and bring you into the present moment, which is where the animal lives all the time - surrendered to life.