[오늘의 한문장] The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

That’s all right, I wasn’t waiting. I was just standing here enjoying myself - in joy in my self. - P87

[오늘의 한문장] The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

Unhappiness spreads more easily than a physical disease. Through the law of resonance, it triggers and feeds latent negativity in others, unless they are immune - that is, highly conscious. - P79

[오늘의 한문장] The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

Maybe you are being taken advantage of, maybe the activity you are engaged in is tedious, maybe someone close to you is dishonest, irritating, or unconscious, but all this is irrelevant. Whether your thoughts and emotions about this situation are justified or not makes no difference. The fact is that you are resisting what is. You are making the present moment into an enemy. You are creating unhappiness, conflict between the inner and the outer. Your unhappiness is polluting not only your own inner being and those around you but also the collective human psyche of which you are an inseparable part. The pollution of the planet is only an outward reflection of an inner psychic pollution: millions of unconscious individuals not taking responsibility for their inner space. - P78

So you can only be free now.

So you can only be free now. - P62

But find out if you have any problem at this moment. Not tomorrow or in ten minutes, but now. Do you have a problem now? - P63

Look around. Just look, don’t interpret. - P63

How does this mind pattern op...

How does this mind pattern operate in your life? Are you always trying to get somewhere other than where you are? Is most of your doing just a means to an end? Is fulfillment always just around the corner or confined to short-lived pleasures, such as sex, food, drink, drugs, or thrills and excitement? Are you always focused on becoming, achieving,
and attaining, or alternatively chasing some new thrill or pleasure? Do you believe that if you acquire more things you will become more fulfilled, good enough, or psychologically complete? Are you waiting for a man or woman to give meaning to your life? - P59

Usually the future is a replica of the past. - P60