Fire of Now

Growth rarely happens just by reading books or listening to teachers.

It requires immersion in the fire of Now. ( Maitreya Ishwara )

Be!

Be still and know that I am God.
Be still and know that I am.
Be still and know.
Be still.
Be.

Come To Your Senses

There is only one Truth
and as you go looking for it
through a forest of seeking
be careful lest you bump into a tree.
That lump on your head
May remind you that
everything is God.

You are like a forest dweller
Looking for the forest.
What am I to do?

Listen friend
Each crackling leaf beneath your feet
is a personal invitation
to come to your senses.

Has it ever occurred to you
that you are seeking God
with His eyes? (Adyashanti)

Eternity

One instant is eternity,

eternity is in the now;

When you see through this one instant,

you see through the one who sees. ( Wu-Men )

Here and Now

Life is only this place,

this time

and these people right

here and Now.

Being the Present Moment

Everything that happens in the present moment is necessary.
The crux of man’s dilemma lies in the concept of time. While chasing his mythical happiness of the future, man has no time to enjoy the present moment. And actually there is no such thing as the present because by the time one thinks of it, it has already become the past. Therefore, what is vital is not thinking about the present but actually being that present moment – and that is nothing other than enlightenment.
In order to understand this strange, unknown, starkly inevitable thing called death we must first understand life. What we must find out is what we are now. To die now to every moment and every experience is the death that is ETERNITY ITSELF. (RAMESH S . BALSEKAR)

The Now

Focus your attention on the Now

and tell me what problem

you have at this moment. ( Eckhart Tolle )

Pure Presence

The Self doesn't live forever in time,

it lives in the timeless present prior to time,

prior to history, change, succession.

The Self is present as Pure Presence,

not as everlasting duration,

a rather horrible notion.

Grace

Grace happens when you accept. Struggle happens when you reject or resist. Grace is natural. Struggle is unnatrual. Grace is effortless. Struggle takes great effort. Struggle means that you get in the way. Grace means that you stay out of the way.

Conscious Oneness

When the thunder roars, do you not hear your Self? When the lightning cracks, do you not see your Self? When clouds float quietly across the sky, is this not your very own limitless Being, waving back at you?

When I look for myself I find only the world as it is occuring, Herenow. No separation between subject and object other than what mind imposes. Samsara is the delusion that Nirvana is to be obtained. We are, and that is all.

Be Present!

Whenever you notice that some form of negativity has arisen within you, look on it not as a failure, but as a helpful signal that is telling you: "Wake up. Get out of your mind. Be present." - Eckhart Tolle

Be Free!

You have projected onto yourself
a world of your own imagination,
based on memories, on desires and fears,
and you have imprisoned yourself in it.
Break the spell and be free.