So do not be concerned with the fruit of your action-just give attention to the action itself. The fruit will come of its own accord.

For most people on the planet, consciousness can be equated with thought. They haven't experienced what it means to be conscious without thought, or they have only for very brief instants.

Future success is dependent upon and inseparable from the consciousness out of which the actions emanate

As long as you make an identity for yourself out of pain, you cannot be free of it.

We can learn not to keep situations or events alive in our minds, but to return our attention continuously to the pristine, timeless present moment rather than be caught up in mental movie making.

Are you stressed? Are you so busy getting to the future that the present is reduced to a means of getting there? Stress is caused by being "here" but wanting to be "there" or being in the present but wanting to be in the future. It's a split that tears you apart inside. To create and live with such an inner split is insane. The fact that everybody else is doing it doesn't make it any less insane.

When you can no longer feel the life that you are, you are likely to try to fill up your life with things.