Quotes on Power Of Now

Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.

Jazz music is the power of now. There is no script. It's conversation. The emotion is given to you by musicians as they make split-second decisions to fulfill what they feel the moment requires.

Time isn’t precious at all, because it is an illusion. What you perceive as precious is not time but the one point that is out of time: the Now. That is precious indeed. The more you are focused on time—past and future—the more you miss the Now, the most precious thing there is.

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. Make the Now the primary focus of your life.

Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.

The beginning of freedom is the realization that you are not “the thinker.” The moment you start watching the thinker, a higher level of consciousness becomes activated. You then begin to realize that there is a vast realm of intelligence beyond thought, that thought is only a tiny aspect of that intelligence. You also realize that all the things that truly matter – beauty, love, creativity, joy, inner peace – arise from beyond the mind. You begin to awaken.

Nothing has happened in the past; it happened in the Now. Nothing will ever happen in the future; it will happen in the Now.

To be identified with your mind is to be trapped in time: the compulsion to live almost exclusively through memory and anticipation.

Where there is anger, there is always pain underneath.

The most common ego identifications have to do with possessions, the work you do, social status and recognition, knowledge and education, physical appearance, special abilities, relationships, person and family history, belief systems, and often nationalistic, racial, religious, and other collective identifications. None of these is you.

Those who have not found their true wealth, which is the radiant joy of Being and the deep, unshakable peace that comes with it, are beggars, even if they have great material wealth. They are looking outside for scraps of pleasure or fulfillment, for validation, security, or love, while they have a treasure within that not only includes all those things but is infinitely greater than anything the world can offer.

The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it.

Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it.

See if you can catch yourself complaining in either speech or thought, about a situation you find yourself in, what other people do or say, your surroundings, your life situation, even the weather. To complain is always nonacceptance of what is. It invariably carries an unconscious negative charge. When you complain, you make yourself a victim. Leave the situation or accept it. All else is madness.

To the ego, the present moment hardly exists. Only past and future are considered important.

The more you are focused on time-past and future-the more you miss the Now, the most precious thing there is.

All you can do is create a space for transformation to happen, for grace and love to enter.

If you can get the inside right, the outside will fall into place.

Forgive yourself for not being at peace.

Love is a state of Being. Your love is not outside; it is deep within you. You can never lose it, and it cannot leave you. It is not dependent on some other body, some external form.

You can always cope with the present moment, but you cannot cope with something that is only a mind projection - you cannot cope with the future.