here-and-now

This is where I have always been coming to. Since my time began. And when I go away from here, this will be the mid-point, to which everything ran, before, and from which everything will run. But now, my love, we are here, we are now, and those other times are running elsewhere.

The past and the future are tools of the ego that render us finite. Without our judgments about the past (memories) and without our judgments about the future (expectations), there is only the Here and Now, the eternal present, the timeless time of the Oneness.

Enlightenment is the moment when you are most alive and most compassionate.

I think the essence of wisdom is emancipation, as far as possible, from the tyranny of the here and now.

A seeker of radical strenght Keeps everything on track, Feeble force yields at length, Not sure where to go back. When one can't find courage, And all the efforts seem vain, It's advised to fight like a sage: Be powerful like a bullet train! Too much work and no play Can make a brain go astray! Determined to live and stay Can lead life into a long way.

There are only two profound ways to reach enlightenment: Laugh by yourself, or get tickled.

If you are reading this, be sure to count this on your blessings list.

The Four Noble Truths are pragmatic rather than dogmatic. They suggest a course of action to be followed rather than a set of dogmas to be believed. The four truths are prescriptions for behavior rather than descriptions of reality. The Buddha compares himself to a doctor who offers a course of therapeutic treatment to heal one__ ills. To embark on such a therapy is not designed to bring one any closer to __he Truth_ but to enable one__ life to flourish here and now, hopefully leaving a legacy that will continue to have beneficial repercussions after one__ death. (154)

Absolute perfection is here and now, not in some future, near or far.The secret is in action - here and now.It is your behavior that blinds you to yourself.Disregard whatever you think yourself to be and act as if you were absolutely perfect- whatever your idea of perfection may be.All you need is courage.

Mindfulness is not a mechanical process. It is developing a very gentle, kind, and creative awareness to the present moment.

You can perhaps, in a number of circumstances, tell yourself that you can't have more than you have until you do better than you're doing, but by all means steer clear of its reverse, the creed of defeat, in saying that you can't do better than you're doing until you can have more than you have.

What makes people tick? Life can be a trap of ennui, but imagery may be a redemptive escape from dullness. The iconic power and exuberance of images generate an inexorable addiction that needs to be gratified without respite. Here and now! ("Give me more images")

We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it.

The true definition of mental illness is when the majority of your time is spent in the past or future, but rarely living in the realism of NOW.

The present moment is the only one that matters, and what you are doing right now is as delightful as anything else.

I came to a most profound realization. For the first time in my life, I have complete control over what happens in the here and now. It is not a wish. It is not some concoction of false hope. It is reality in here and now.''HOPE- Season of Romance

People want the here and now, rather than the there and after; as most are living in the where and what.

If you allow yourself to experience the present moment, you will discover that it does not get better than this Paradise is here and now, waiting for you to arrive, to accept, to surrender, and to enjoy.