Nothing has happened in the past; it happened in the Now. Nothing will ever happen in the future; it will happen in the Now.

One could say that everybody in this world has a spiritual teacher. For most people, their losses and disasters represent the teacher; their suffering is the teacher.

A self - a me - exists in every thought and every emotion. Suffering arises through complete identification with thinking and emotions.

Be the silent watcher of your thoughts and behavior. You are beneath the thinker. You are the stillness beneath the mental noise. You are the love and joy beneath the pain.

Enlightened groups can exist, as long as the individuals' sense of identity is not derived from a mentally defined image of us.

When you take your attention into the present moment, a certain alertness arises. You become more conscious of what's around you, but also, strangely, a sense of presence that is both within and without.

A built-in reminder is the simple understanding that whenever any kind of unhappiness arises, you know you've lost the now. That's a built-in alarm clock. The moment you realize you've lost the now, come back to the now.