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"An enlightened person or business is not concerned primarily with making money, because when you are concerned with making money you want the future more than the present. Whenever you want the future more than you want the present, true intelligence cannot flow into what you do, because it can do so only when you are totally aligned with the present moment."
"To listen to the silence, wherever you are, is an easy and direct way of becoming present. Even if there is noise, there is always some silence underneath and in between the sounds. Listening to the silence immediately creates stillness inside you."
"For many people, the first indication of a spiritual awakening is that they suddenly become aware of their thoughts. They become a witness to their thoughts, so to speak. They are not completely identified with their mind anymore and so they begin to sense that there is a depth to them that they had never known before."
"Wisdom comes with the ability to be still. Just look and just listen. No more is needed. Being still, looking, and listening activates the non-conceptual intelligence within you. Let stillness direct your words and actions."
"The present moment holds the key to liberation. But you cannot find the present moment as long as you are your mind."
"Surrender is the simple but profound wisdom of yielding to rather than opposing the flow of life."
"Don't Seek Happiness. If you seek it, you won't find it, because seeking is the antithesis of happiness"
"Nothing that is of real value can be lost, only the false dissolves."
"A great silent space holds all of nature in its embrace. It also holds you."
"Acceptance of the unacceptable is the greatest source of grace in this world."
"Life wants to support you. But first you need to be open to life."
"Resistance keeps you stuck. Surrender immediately opens you to the greater intelligence that is vaster than the human mind, and it can then express itself through you. So through surrender often you find circumstances changing."
"Forget about your life situation and pay attention to your life. Your life situation exists in time. Your life is now. Your life situation is mind-stuff. Your life is real." "Instead of asking 'what do I want from life?,' a more powerful question is, 'what does life want from me?'"
"The present moment is all you ever have."
"Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live."
"Become friendly with the present moment, because if you do not become friendly with the present moment you cannot become friendly with life."
"Welcome to the present moment. Here. Now. The only moment there ever is."
"When you are not honoring the present moment by allowing it to be, you are creating drama."
"You cannot fight against the ego and win, just as you cannot fight against darkness. The light of consciousness is all that is necessary. You are that light."
"Allow nature to teach you stillness."