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956fe6e If it's over, then don't let the past screw up the rest of your life. past present-moment Nicholas Sparks
258d240 From a mind filled with infinite love comes the power to create infinite possibilities. We have the power to think in ways that reflect and attract all the love in the world. Such thinking is called enlightenment. Enlightenment is not a process we work toward, but a choice available to us in any instant. love potential present-moment Marianne Williamson
ae296c8 "We have eternity, beloved." "You may have eternity. I have only now." "But this is eternity." present-moment Frank Herbert
211b44e The past informs the present. Memory makes the map we carry, no matter how hard we try to erase it. past present-moment memory Cara Black
f420213 Nothing is but what is now past life-and-living present-moment Ron Rash
d716b0d The Expulsion from Paradise is eternal in its principal aspect: this makes it irrevocable, and our living in this world inevitable, but the eternal nature of the process has the effect that not only could we remain forever in Paradise, but that we are currently there, whether we know it or not. present heaven present-moment forever existentialism paradise Franz Kafka
8c086c2 This I say is the present moment; this is the first day of the summer holidays. This is part of the emerging monster to whom we are attached. present-moment monster Virginia Woolf
5a06f34 When you beat a drum, you create NOW, when silence becomes a sound so enormous and alive it feels like you're breathing in the clouds and the sky, and your heart is the rain and the thunder. present time music now time-passing present-moment Ruth Ozeki
205f59e Every hour, stop and ask: Am I really present in this moment? If not, what are my thoughts focused on? Doing this often will help you return to the present moment. present thoughts present-moment return moment Azim Jamal & Brian Tracy
3ddf25a No one has ever done this before. No one has ever been you before. This exact interrelated web of people and events and places and memories and desire and love that is your life hasn't ever existed in the history of the Universe. Welcome to a truly unique phenomenon. Welcome to your life. I want you to be here. Welcome to here. self-awareness love presence present-moment self unique desire Rob Bell
b5498c3 The challenge for mindfulness is to be present for your experience as it is rather than immediately jumping in to change it or try to force it to be different. presence present-moment Jon Kabat-Zinn
0cfc554 Frequently avoidance of the present leads to idealization of the future... When an event does not live up to your expectations you can get out of the depression by idealizing again. Do not let this vicious circle become your life-style. Interrupt it now with some strategic present-moment fulfillment. idealization present-moment Wayne W. Dyer
3f72da1 Mindfulness has to do with waking up and living in harmony with oneself and with the world. It is examining who we are, constantly questioning our views of the world and our place in it, while cultivating appreciation for the fullness of each moment we are alive. It is the direct opposite of taking life for granted. It is empowering as well, because paying attention in this way opens channels to deep reservoirs of creativity, intelligence, imagination, clarity, determination, choice, and wisdom within us. wisdom paying-attention self-examination waking-up mindfulness present-moment harmony Jon Kabat-Zinn
c65d24c "There is no time. All things exist simultaneously. All events occur at once. This Book is being written, and as it's being written it's already written; it already exists. In fact, that's where you're getting all this information - from the book that already exists. You're merely bringing it into form. This is what is meant by: "Even before you ask, I will have answered." [...] Time is experienced as a movement, a flow, rather than a constant. It is who are moving, not time. Time has no movement. There is only One Moment. [...] time non-linear-life understanding-time power-of-now time-travel time-passing present-moment Neale Donald Walsch
60cd2b6 "When we don't automatically take them (thoughts) personally or believe the stories about "reality" that we build from them,when we can simply hold them in awareness with a sense of curiosity and wonder at their amazing power given their insubstantiality, their limitations,and inaccuracies,then we have a chance right in that moment,in any moment really,to not get caught in their habitual patterning,to see thoughts for what they are,impersonal events. Then in that moment at least, we are already free,ready to act with greater clarity and kindness within the constantly changing field of events that is nothing other than life unfolding-- not always as we think it should,but definitely as it is." thoughts mindfulness present-moment Jon Kabat-Zinn
7956bb5 When we ground ourselves in the present moment, we spontaneously connect better with others. We become more responsive and less reactive, listening more deeply and speaking with greater clarity. inspirational-quotes mind-body-spirit responsiveness mindfulness present-moment self-control Lama Surya Das