True happiness is found in simple, seemingly unremarkable things.

Practice presence -- embrace the place where life happens.

When you see around you the human form suffering or dissolving, you have empathy on the human level. You share the suffering because it has to do with the fleetingness of form. But if that is the only level that operates in you, you haven't gone beyond suffering.

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.

To be free of time is to be free of the psychological need of past for your identity and future for your fulfillment

Work to recognize the primary importance of the present moment. A good little pointer toward that is to ask yourself, "What is my relationship with the present moment? How am I relating to it?"

The peace that comes with surrendered action turns to a sense of aliveness when you actually enjoy what you are doing.