When you are caught in the mind, your past defines you. When you are present, you are beyond definition.

If you’re truly present in this moment, then you are a Buddha. At least for this moment!

The underlying motivation that drives all addiction is our insistence on avoiding pain. However, the pain you are avoiding is based in the past, and has nothing to do with the present moment.

Beyond all experience is the one who is experiencing. Beyond all change is the One who never changes.

Once you have found yourself and accepted your aloneness, then the greatest blessing is to share the love that arises within you. Each new moment presents the richest opportunity to be loving. And you can share love in the simplest of ways. Be soft and gentle. Be caring and kind. Be loving in an ordinary way, without any sense of wanting anything back, Life offers you the most precious gift. The gift of allowing you to be present and share love.

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.