When you are present, your mind is silent. Free of opinions, concepts and beliefs and free of projections from the past and anxiety about the future, it is a perfectly clear instrument of expression. And the expression comes from the center of your Being.

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.

Waking up is not serious. It is a gentle remembering and an honoring of the present moment as the truth of life.

If your commitment is to being present, then there will come a time when being present becomes your natural state. The present moment becomes your home. You will have short excursions into the world of the mind, but you never go so far into the mind that you get lost there.

The more awake you are, the less there is of you here. At the very deepest level of Presence, you have disappeared and only God is.

Everything that occurs in your life is an opportunity for awakening. There are no exceptions!

The past is gone. The future never arrives. In truth, there is no life outside of this moment!