It seems that most people need to experience a great deal of suffering before they will relinquish resistance and accept - before they will forgive.

Presence remains even amidst worldly activities. Stillness is there even when you're doing something quickly, like rushing to answer the phone. Otherwise you would be condemned to moving in slow motion.

Most people want to get what they want, whereas the secret is to want what you get at this moment.

When the basis for your actions is inner alignment with the present moment, your actions become empowered by the intelligence of life itself.

The present moment has always been available to spiritual seekers, but as long as you are seeking you are not available to the present moment. "Seeking" implies that you are looking to the future for some answer, or for some achievement, spiritual or otherwise. Everybody is in the seeking mode, seeking to add something to who they are, whether it be money, relationships, possessions, knowledge, status.. or spiritual attainment.

Just as the dog loves to chew bones, the human mind loves its problems.

Once you have had a glimpse of awareness or Presence, you know it firsthand. It is no longer just a concept in your mind.