Top Highlights

• To be in the moment, you have to be willing to just be and to respond naturally to what arises out of the flow, without pretending to know what to do next or what will happen.
• There’s something else to do besides think! And that is to notice, to be aware of what is happening now. Notice, look, feel, listen, sense, and give yourself fully to the experience you are having, and you will drop into the Now.
• Thoughts are the structure of the ego and what hold it in place. Without them, the ego wouldn’t exist. This belief—that thoughts are important, valuable, and meaningful—is the lynchpin that, when removed, causes the whole game to fall apart. And where we land is smack dab in reality, in this alive moment.
• The mind promises you a better life if you listen to it, while it takes you out of the only thing that is real: the present moment.
• We are either in Essence (giving attention) or in ego (trying to get attention).