The moment you know yourself you have known the most precious thing in Existence

Respect yourself. Feel the joy and the pride that existence needs you; otherwise you would not have been here. Rejoice that existence cannot be without you. In the first place that’s why you are here: existence has given you an opportunity, a life with tremendous treasures hidden within you — of beauty, of ecstasy, of freedom.

Becoming friendly with the present moment is the only spiritual practice you really need

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Throughout the day, stop and watch how time seems to go by. Is there any moment when it is not now? Can you experience past or future? Can you hold time in your hand and define it?
Life is not somewhere waiting for you, it is happening in you. It is not in the future as a goal to be arrived at, it is here, is now, this very moment, in your breathing, circulating in your blood, beating in your heart.

The only thing you ever have is now

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Our consciousness is almost completely preoccupied with memory and expectation. We do not realize that there never was, is, nor will be any other experience than present experience. We are therefore out of touch with reality. – Alan Watts

Be aware of the space that allows everything to be

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The eternal present is the space within which your whole life unfolds, the one factor that remains constant. Life is now. There is only this now. It does not come from anywhere, it is not going anywhere. Through ‘moving’, it is always still. When we try to catch it, it seems to run away, and yet it is always here.