In whatever way change comes, the important thing is to take responsibility for this moment. Then, life becomes cooperative.

The mind is essentially a survival machine. Attack and defense against other minds, gathering, storing, and analyzing information - this is what it is good at, but it is not at all creative. All true artists, whether they know it or not, create from a place of no-mind, from inner stillness.

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

The quality of your consciousness at this moment is what shapes the future — which, of course, can only be experienced as the Now

Nothing that you plan is going to work out. Everything is going to be totally different than the way you expected. And things will constantly challenge you. Wherever you look the world is not as solid it seems to be.

Be aware of your breathing as often as you are able, whenever you remember. Do that for one year, and it will be powerfully transformative. And it's free.

The future is only a thought form. Work with the present moment. Be with what is.