And so I came to understand why some masters sometimes say, "You are already enlightened."

I enjoy going to Starbucks, having a cup of coffee, sitting in my car, driving from here to there, sitting at home looking at the trees, going for a walk with a dog. It's all very enjoyable.

Thinking without awareness is the main dilemma of human existence.

To be identified with your mind is to be trapped in time: the compulsion to live almost exclusively through memory and anticipation.

Anybody who is one with what he or she does is building the new earth.

Instead of being lost in your thinking, when you awaken you recognize yourself as the awareness behind it. Thinking then ceases to be a self-serving autonomous activity that takes possession of you and runs your life.

When you accept everything for what it is without labels you are outside of your ego.