I break down in gentle and non-dramatic tears at least once a day. Usually this gets triggered by stories about human perseverance, suffering, willingness or goodness of spirit. Sometimes because I see the face of an older person and get a glimpse into their life, or because I see a couple arguing-playing out the inevitable game of the human condition. And sometimes it is because of nothing I can register consciously. – Bentinho Massaro
There’s something going on here in life beyond just a job and a family and career. There’s another side of the coin. It’s the same thing that causes people to want to be poets instead of bankers. I think that same spirit can be put into products, and those products can be manufactured and given to people, and they can sense that spirit. – Steve Jobs, The Man in the Machine
Living in the present moment or “Now” doesn’t mean giving up the past or future at all, it simply means we should acknowledge them for what they are – thoughts being experienced in the mind in the present moment. Time is simply a mental construct that allows us to comprehend our reality and increase our chances of survival. Putting more energy into our thoughts about past or future than is necessary distracts us from experiencing what is real.
Who is involving your limbs in the practice, your intellect in the practice? Who is causing your mind to be involved in trying to get understanding? If the one causing activity is not there you cannot conduct any practice. This is why I tell you to simply keep quiet. Then you will know what you truly are and what you have always been, and this is indestructible. All else will be destroyed, only Existence itself remains. The Truth will always remain – it Is – it is eternal. That which is not this truth does not exist at all. – Papaji
Our true home is in the present moment. To live in the present moment is a miracle. The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on Earth in the present moment, to appreciate the peace and beauty that are available now. – Thich Nhat Hant
Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Present moment is life itself. – Eckhart Tolle.
Sit quietly and watch where the mind goes. If you observe it, you will see that it is always running off to enjoy or suffer experiences that belong to the past. So, whenever you catch it doing this, bring it back to the present moment. In this present moment there are no dialogues going on. In this present moment there is nothing to control or repress. – Papaji
Mediocre people always think they are practical. But actually, they don’t have the courage to attempt anything else. If “who you are” is enhanced, everything you do is enhanced. – Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev
What is possible and what is not is not your business. Nature will decide this. Your business is just to work for what truly matters yo you. – Sadhguru
A great deal of what people say, think, or do is actually motivated by fear, which of course is always linked with having your focus on the future and being out of touch with the Now. As there are not problems in the Now, there is no fear either. – Eckhart Tolle