(20 quotes found)
“The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.”
Buddha
“The present moment is significant, not as the bridge between past and future, but by reason of its contents, which can fill our emptiness and become ours, if we are capable of receiving them.”
Dag Hammarskjold
“Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axison which the world earth revolves - slowly, evenly, withoutrushing toward the future. Live the actual moment.Only this moment is life.”
Thich Nhat Hanh
“The mind (ego) wants you to keep thinking. It will do whatever it can to keep you thinking. It will use an innumerable array of tricks to keep you lost in thought. Without thought the mind loses its identity. You are not the mind, you are pure awareness.”
Jack Tyme
“The mind is extremely fast at processing thoughts. Thoughts are gathered through the five senses and are processed internally. This is a function of the mind. Ego is the personality formed from all the information gathered through the five senses. The notions, ideas and concepts. Awareness is the underlying current that is witnessing all this.”
“The body, mind and soul is like a bio-computer. The body is the hardware. The mind is the software, operating system and various programs. The soul (awareness) is the power that keeps the computer running.”
“The past or past events and the future or future events, ONLY EXIST IN THE MIND. They are not real or material substance. They are mental creations and therefore, illusions. Now or this moment, is the only thing that is real.”
“If we are ever to enjoy life, now is the time, not tomorrow or next year...Today should always be our most wonderful day.”
Thomas Dreier
“Expectation is the birthplace of all human misery.”