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" I don't believe in an outside agent that creates the world, then walks away. But I feel very strongly there is an intelligence at work in every flower, in every blade of grass, in every cell of my body. And it is that intelligence that, I wouldn't say created the universe. It is creating the universe. It's an ongoing process. "

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" Your love is not outside; it is deep within you. You can never lose it, and it cannot leave you. It is not dependent on some other body, some external form. "

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" Most humans are never fully present in the now, because unconsciously they believe that the next moment must be more important than this one. But then you miss your whole life, which is never not now. "

" So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don't honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great. "

" Thoughts are fine when you don't confuse them with who you are, and then thoughts are not a problem. Thinking is a wonderful tool to create things in this world. It only becomes problematic and a source of suffering when you confuse thinking with who you are. "

" Any action is often better than no action, especially if you have been stuck in an unhappy situation for a long time. If it is a mistake, at least you learn something, in which case it's no longer a mistake. If you remain stuck, you learn nothing. "

" When you get into your car, shut the door and be there for just half a minute. Breathe, feel the energy inside your body, look around at the sky, the trees. The mind might tell you, 'I don't have time.' But that's the mind talking to you. Even the busiest person has time for 30 seconds of space. "

" Many people in this world are still so identified with every thought that arises in their head. There is not the slightest space of awareness there. "

" 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. "

" To know yourself as the Being underneath the thinker, the stillness underneath the mental noise, the love and joy underneath the pain, is freedom, salvation, enlightenment. "

" To realize that you are not your thoughts is when you begin to awaken spiritually. "

" To complain is always nonacceptance of what is. It invariably carries an unconscious negative charge. When you complain, you make yourself into a victim. When you speak out, you are in your power. So change the situation by taking action or by speaking out if necessary or possible; leave the situation or accept it. All else is madness. "

" You are not a problem that needs solving. "

" Fear seems to have many causes. Fear of loss, fear of failure, fear of being hurt, and so on, but ultimately all fear is the ego's fear of death, of annihilation. To the ego, death is always just around the corner. In this mind-identified state, fear of death affects every aspect of your life. "

" If you live only in one culture for the first 20 years of your life, you become conditioned without knowing it. "

" It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up. "

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" I'm grateful for always this moment, the now, no matter what form it takes. "

" The 'soul' is one of the words you can use to talk about your innermost being, the essence of who you are. "

" Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. Make the Now the primary focus of your life. "

" Being at ease with not knowing is crucial for answers to come to you. "

" Love is a state of being. "

" Discontent, blaming, complaining, self-pity cannot serve as a foundation for a good future, no matter how much effort you make. "

" People look to time in expectation that it will eventually make them happy, but you cannot find true happiness by looking toward the future. "

" Thinking is a wonderful tool if it's applied. Thinking, however, can not become the master. Thinking is a very bad master. If you're dominated by thinking then your life becomes very restricted. "

" Prejudice of any kind implies that you are identified with the thinking mind. It means you don't see the other human being anymore, but only your own concept of that human being. To reduce the aliveness of another human being to a concept is already a form of violence. "

" Don't wait to be successful at some future point. Have a successful relationship with the present moment and be fully present in whatever you are doing. That is success. "

" If small things have the power to disturb you, then who you think you are is exactly that: small. "

" Was Jesus the son of God? Yes. But so are you. You just haven't realized it yet. "

" There is a fine balance between honoring the past and losing yourself in it. For example, you can acknowledge and learn from mistakes you made, and then move on and refocus on the now. It is called forgiving yourself. "

" When people get taken over by the ego to such an extent, there is nothing else in their mind except the ego. They can no longer feel or sense their humanity - what they share with other human beings, or even with other life forms on the planet. They are so identified with concepts in their minds that other human beings become concepts as well. "

" Thought can be so seductive and hypnotic that it absorbs your attention totally, so you become your thoughts. "