You are not separate from the whole. You are one with the sun, the earth, the air. You don’t have a life. You are life.

When you wash your hands, when you make a cup of coffee, when you're waiting for the elevator - instead of indulging in thinking, these are all opportunities for being there as a still, alert presence.

An emotion is your body's reaction to your mind.

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

If you keep your attention in the body as much as possible, you will be anchored in the Now. You won't lose yourself in the external world, and you won't lose yourself in your mind. Thoughts and emotions, fears and desires may still be there to some extent, but they won't take you over.

Surrender is the simple but profound wisdom of yielding to rather than opposing the flow of life.

Here is a new spiritual practice for you: don't take your thoughts too seriously.