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You can be sad for others but you don't have to take on their pain.

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In the present moment, you are beyond all definition. This means that you are no longer defined by the pain and limitations of the past. You are no longer defined by your judgments, opinions or beliefs nor are you defined by the judgment, opinions or beliefs of others.
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In presence, there is no right or wrong, because there is no duality. There is no judgment.
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If you fully awaken, you will not know yourself. Understand this, and you will understand all.
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You spend very little time in the present moment. Reality exists only in the present moment. Therefore you spend very little time in reality.
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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.
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It's not them, it's you. It's not there, it's here. It's not then, it's now.
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When you learn to take responsibility for yourselves, then you will start taking responsibility for the planet. The planet is being destroyed by your abandonment of responsibility. You assume that you own the planet. And ownership confers upon you the right to do as you like. You do not own this beautiful planet. You are simply a guest here.
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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.
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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.
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Beyond all experience is the one who is experiencing. Beyond all change is the One who never changes.
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In the awakened state, the mind is either perfectly silent or it is a perfectly clear instrument of expression.
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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.
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How does silence find its way out of that noisy, chattering mind? That endless maze of thought, concept, opinion, belief? How does perfect silence and pure consciousness find its way out of that maze? Very simply: Bring yourself present with something that's HERE, in the moment. Then you'll be HERE again.
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It disguises it’s thoughts as your thoughts, it’s feelings with your feelings, you think it’s you.
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Surrender the dream and the truth will be revealed.
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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.
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What are you going to do? Are you going to keep looking backwards, full of anger, resentment and unfulfilled desire. Or are you going to be here now. Because everything is available for you in the here and now. Love, compassion, silence, bliss and Oneness.
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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.
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Every moment you are present, there is a little less darkness in our world.
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We are on a journey of becoming that which we already are. That is the impossible paradox of our lives.
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