Awareness Is Not The Same As ThoughtMore Like A Vessel Which Can Hold And Contain Our Thinking

From the point of view of the meditative traditions the entire society is suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Arriving someplace more desirable at some future time is an illusion. This is it.

It's okay that the mind drifts away but you just bring it back.

It is remarkable how liberating it feels to be able to see that your thoughts are just thoughts and that they are not 'you' or 'reality.' For instance, if you have the thought that you have to get a certain number of things done today and you don't recognize it as a thought but act as if it's the 'the truth,' then you have created a reality in that moment in which you really believe that those things must all be done today.

The funny thing about stopping is that as soon as you do it, here you are.

People say things that get you ramped up. I find myself, as my body clenches up when somebody says something that I know is wrong or I wanna catch them in a lie or whatever, that just, "Calm down. When it's your turn, you make your point."