Once there is a certain degree of Presence, of still and alert attention in human beings' perceptions, they can sense the divine life essence, the one indwelling consciousness or spirit in every creature, every life-form, recognize it as one with their own essence and so love it as themselves. Until this happens, however, most humans see only the outer forms, unaware of the inner essence, just as they are unaware of their own essence and identify only with their own physical and psychological form.

Emotions arise in the place where your mind and body meet

When you are full of problems, there is no room for anything new to enter, no room for a solution. So whenever you can, make some room, create some space, so that you find the life underneath your life situation.

The equivalent of external noise is the inner noise of thinking. The equivalent of external silence is inner stillness.

The way I feel is that there is a balance in my life between being alone and interacting with people, between Being and doing.

When you recognize this, you also realize that you are now free to give up this futile conflict, this inner state of war.

The ego wants to want more than it wants to have. And so the shallow satisfaction of having is always replaced by more wanting.