You are not IN the universe, you ARE the universe, an intrinsic part of it. Ultimately you are not a person, but a focal point where the universe is becoming conscious of itself. What an amazing miracle.

There are two dimensions to this moment here, the words and the presence, the presence is nothing to do with words or thinking, it is formless, you can't say, aww there it is, you can never make presence into an object, a mind object...Jesus called it the kingdom of God and he said literally the kingdom of God does not come with sign to be perceived and you can't say aww I got it now there it is...Presence is the consciousness itself, before the consciousness becomes a form as a thought, an emotion, a sense perception, it is the stillness underneath all your thinking which has always been there will always be there because it is timeless, underneath all the thinking there is a vast realm of consciousness that you touch when the mind subsides for a moment, there is a space between two thoughts, in which you are conscious, but not thinking.

Nothing ever happened in the past that can prevent you from being present now.

Until you practice surrender, the spiritual dimension is something you read about, talk about, get excited about, write books about, think about, believe in — or don’t, as the case may be. It makes no difference. Not until you surrender does it become a living reality in your life.

To be a seeker implies that you need the future. If this is what you believe, it becomes true for you: you will need time until you realize that you don’t need time to be who you are.

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

The state of not knowing is the most important state you can be in because that opens you up to the deeper dimensions.

Death is a stripping away of all that is not you. The secret of life is to "die before you die" - and find that there is no death.

If you keep your attention in the body as much as possible, you will be anchored in the Now.

Body awareness not only anchors you in the present moment, it is a doorway out of the prison that is the ego. It also strengthens the immune system and the body's ability to heal itself.