You spend very little time in the present moment. Reality exists only in the present moment. Therefore you spend very little time in reality.

If you accept full responsibility for yourself, you will be released forever from expectation, resentment, blame and guilt.

Awakening is about liberating yourself from the prison that is the world of the mind and daring to be here as all that you are.

When you become present, your mind is silent. There is no agenda. You are not holding onto anything. You are not seeking anything. You are just here with what is, and it is enough.

Me, me, me! Mine, mine, mine! I'm right, I'm right, I'm right. What's in it for me? How do I use this? How do I take advantage of it? This is the way of the ego. Own this within yourself and you will begin to release yourself from it.

Awakening is not something you achieve. It is something you relax into.

You cannot be present in an abstract way. Presence is not about disappearing into nothingness. You can only be present with something that is actually here.