Leonard Jacobson
We are on a journey of becoming that which we already are. That is the impossible paradox of our lives.Collection: Journey
You get lost because you think there is somewhere to go. If you give up believing in a goal or a destination, then you cannot get lost. In the present moment, there is no destination.Collection: Life
The only moment ever available to you is the present moment. Everything else is memory or imagination.Collection: Memories
Everything that happens is designed to awaken us. Everything.Collection: Happens
When you become present, your mind is silent. There is no agenda. You are not holding onto anything. You are not seeking anything. You are just here with what is, and it is enough.Collection: Mind
As you transition from the past and future world of the mind to the awakened world of now, you will begin to experience yourself in an entirely new way. A way that is free of the pain and limitations of the past, and free of anxiety about the future. And you will begin to experience the abundance that is ever present in each moment.Collection: Pain
You can live in a house, but your real home is inside you.Collection: Life
There is nothing wrong with anger. Anger is a beautiful emotion, as valid and rich as joy or laughter. But you have been taught to repress your anger. Your anger has been condemned. If anger is unexpressed, it will slowly poison you. The key is to know how to express your anger. Do not throw it out onto any one. No one is responsible for your anger. Simply express your anger. Beat up a cushion. Go for a run. Express your anger to a tree. Dance your anger. Enjoy it.Collection: Beautiful
The past is gone. The future never arrives. In truth, there is no life outside of this moment!Collection: Past
When you are caught in the mind, your past defines you. When you are present, you are beyond definition.Collection: Past
As each one of us awakens, it is like a light going on, followed by another light, another light, and another light. The darkness of human unconsciousness is slowly, gradually and gently lit, until there comes a day when there is more light than dark, more consciousness than unconsciousness , more joy than pain, ...more truth than illusion. That would indeed be a day for celebration.Collection: Pain
The underlying motivation that drives all addiction is our insistence on avoiding pain. However, the pain you are avoiding is based in the past, and has nothing to do with the present moment.Collection: Pain
It is a mistake to imagine that you can awaken in any kind of permanent way. There is only NOW and so you can only be awake now. Even the idea of permanence is an illusion. The question to ask is 'Am I awake and fully present NOW?' That question arises and is answered in perfect silence.Collection: Mistake
One of the great dangers on the spiritual path is that the ego becomes spiritualized. The ego loves to think of itself as spiritually evolved. It is just another way that it manages to feel important and in control. It is very difficult to free yourself from an enlightened ego.Collection: Spiritual
More than anything else, judgment will take you out of the present moment. It will take you out of Oneness into separation. Whenever judgment arises within you, just notice it. Acknowledge it. Confess it. It is just an energy arising within you. Do not judge it or try to get rid of it. Just bring it to consciousness with love, acceptance and compassion. In this way, judgment will be transformed into love.Collection: Acceptance
As you awaken, the present moment becomes your home. You still play in the world of time, but you're not identified with the story unfolding there.Collection: Home
If your commitment is to being present, then there will come a time when being present becomes your natural state. The present moment becomes your home. You will have short excursions into the world of the mind, but you never go so far into the mind that you get lost there.Collection: Home
In the awakened state of Presence, aloneness becomes all-oneness.Collection: Oneness
Only when you can accept that you are alone, will you discover that you are not alone.Collection: Acceptance
When you are present, you are transcendent of the mind and ego and so you can witness your mind and ego. You can be conscious of your thoughts without being lost in them when they arise.Collection: Ego
Me, me, me! Mine, mine, mine! I'm right, I'm right, I'm right. What's in it for me? How do I use this? How do I take advantage of it? This is the way of the ego. Own this within yourself and you will begin to release yourself from it.Collection: Ego
It is not until you awaken and become fully present that you will realize that you have not been present. It is not until you awaken that you will realize you have been asleep, dreaming that you are awake.Collection: Life
If you really want to help, then help others to be more present. Help others to free themselves from the past. Help others to take responsibility for themselves. Help them to see how they are creating their own suffering. Every now and then, you will encounter innocent ones who are suffering through no fault of their own, particularly animals and children. Do not hesitate! Help them.Collection: Children
It disguises it’s thoughts as your thoughts, it’s feelings with your feelings, you think it’s you.Collection: Thinking
There is no greater power than the power of love, which arises from Presence. It overcomes all resistance.Collection: Overcoming
Every moment you are present, there is a little less darkness in our world.Collection: Our World
Beyond all experience is the one who is experiencing. Beyond all change is the One who never changes.Collection: Never Change
Everything that occurs in your life is an opportunity for awakening. There are no exceptions!Collection: Opportunity
When you awaken, you know that everything that occurs at the level of mind is illusory in nature and so you no longer believe in it as the truth of life. It is sometimes happy and sometimes sad, because it is a world of duality. You relax and accept the dual nature of the world of the mind and the world of experience within time. This will create balance within duality which will open the doorway to Oneness.Collection: Believe
If you fully awaken, you will not know yourself. Understand this, and you will understand all.Collection: Life
Your gift to God is honesty. God's gift to you is truth.Collection: Honesty
You cannot be present in an abstract way. Presence is not about disappearing into nothingness. You can only be present with something that is actually here.Collection: Awakening
If you’re truly present in this moment, then you are a Buddha. At least for this moment!Collection: Moments
In the awakened state, the mind is either perfectly silent or it is a perfectly clear instrument of expression.Collection: Expression
If you want to know who you are, look into the true mirror. The flower will reflect your beauty. The sky will reflect your vastness. The ocean will reflect your depth. The child will reflect your innocence. But if you look into the mirror that is unconscious humanity, you are looking into the wrong mirror. Your reflection will be distorted by their projections.Collection: Children
Each new moment presents an opportunity for conscious choice. We can choose to let go of the past. We can choose to be here now. We can choose to accept responsibility for ourselves. . . . We can choose to awaken. Or we can choose to remain asleep and unconscious.Collection: Letting Go
Gratitude, generosity and humility are inherent characteristics of one who is present. When you awaken, you will realize that everyone and everything has the same right to be here as you do. This includes every human Being, every tree Being, every flower Being, and every other kind of Being.Collection: Gratitude
Once you have found yourself and accepted your aloneness, then the greatest blessing is to share the love that arises within you. Each new moment presents the richest opportunity to be loving. And you can share love in the simplest of ways. Be soft and gentle. Be caring and kind. Be loving in an ordinary way, without any sense of wanting anything back, Life offers you the most precious gift. The gift of allowing you to be present and share love.Collection: Love
I cannot tell you anything that you don't already know, but it is known in silence.Collection: Silence
The price of freedom is to allow freedom. Very few people are willing to pay the price.Collection: Freedom
It is far wiser to ask for a question than an answer. When you think you have all the answers, it simply means you have run out of questions.Collection: Life
Waking up is not serious. It is a gentle remembering and an honoring of the present moment as the truth of life.Collection: Wake Up
The fact that we are aware of ourselves is both our greatest curse and also our greatest blessing.Collection: Blessing
When you awaken, you will see that this is Heaven on Earth, and everything in physical form is the body of God.Collection: Heaven
THE JOURNEY IS FROM HERE TO HERE. AND THE ONLY TIME YOU CAN ARRIVE IS NOW.Collection: Journey
As each of us awakens, it impacts human consciousness at a collective level. It is like dropping a tiny pebble of light into a dark pool of unconsciousness . Ripples of light!Collection: Dark
You can be sad for others but you don't have to take on their pain.Collection: Pain
Awakening is about liberating yourself from the prison that is the world of the mind and daring to be here as all that you are.Collection: Mind
The only thing I trust is silence. And I trust silence completely.Collection: Silence
In Presence, there is no outcome. It is our involvement in the outcome that keeps us imprisoned in an imagined future. In Presence, there is only now.Collection: Outcomes