Be Here Now Quotes

“6 Ways To Give Your Mind A Break:

1. Stop stressing
2. Stop worrying
3. Give rest to the problems weighing you down
4. Lighten up
5. Forgive yourself
6. Forgive others”
― Germany Kent

“Today is your big moment. Moments, really. The life you’ve been waiting for is happening all around you. The scene unfolding right outside your window is worth more than the most beautiful painting, and the crackers and peanut butter that you’re having for lunch on the coffee table are as profound, in their own way, as the Last Supper. This is it. This is life in all its glory, swirling and unfolding around us, disguised as pedantic, pedestrian non-events. But pull of the mask and you will find your life, waiting to be made, chosen, woven, crafted.
Your life, right now, today, is exploding with energy and power and detail and dimension, better than the best movie you have ever seen. You and your family and your friends and your house and your dinner table and your garage have all the makings of a life of epic proportions, a story for the ages. Because they all are. Every life is.
You have stories worth telling, memories worth remembering, dreams worth working toward, a body worth feeding, a soul worth tending, and beyond that, the God of the universe dwells within you, the true culmination of super and natural.
You are more than dust and bones.
You are spirit and power and image of God.
And you have been given Today.”
― Shauna Niequist, Cold Tangerines: Celebrating the Extraordinary Nature of Everyday Life

“Think about every good thing in your life right now. Free yourself of worrying. Let go of the anxiety, breathe. Stay positive, all is well.”
― Germany Kent

“What is it that is so interesting
about what's happening everywhere else
but where you are?”
― Eric Overby, Senses

“It takes me living an intentional, mindful, and quiet life to hear or see what’s here. Great art doesn’t necessarily create something new, it helps you appreciate what’s already here.”
― Eric Overby, 17: Haiku Poems

“Abiding means letting everything be as it already is – no matter what it is. If you're feeling good, let that be as it is. If you're feeling bad, let that be as it is. No matter what your emotional, physical, or mental state, let it be as it is and don't wish it to be otherwise. If you want it to be different from what it is, you're not abiding; you're picking and choosing and trying to control your experience. (p. 29)”
― Adyashanti, The Impact of Awakening: Excerpts from the Teachings of Adyashanti

“There's no harm in reviewing the past from time to time; knowing where you've been is part of knowing where you are, and all that happy horse shit. But the American media have an absolute fixation on this. They rob us of the present by insisting on the past. If they were able, I'm sure they would pay equal attention to the future. Trouble is, they don't have any film on it.”
― George Carlin, Brain Droppings

“The Buddha told his disciple Ananda to see impermanence, to see death with every breath. We must know death; we must die in order to live. What does that mean? To die is to come to the end of our doubts, all our questions, and just be here with the present reality. You can never die tomorrow; you must die now. Can you do it? If you can do it, you will know the peace of no more questions.”
― Ajahn Chah, Reflections

“Someone grabbed his coat
Again, he stops his journey
To be there with her”
― Eric Overby, 17: Haiku Poems

“The correct attitude is one where you have no more time to waste. This means that everything is oriented toward the now. The correct attitude is that there is no such thing as an awakening that happens tomorrow. Tomorrows never come. The time is now. You must be sincere. Sincerity and earnestness are the most beneficial attitudes to have. (p. 109)”
― Adyashanti, The Impact of Awakening: Excerpts from the Teachings of Adyashanti

“Engage yourself in the living present. The future will take care of itself. Do not worry about the future. (p. 154)”
― Ramana Maharshi, Talks With Ramana Maharshi: On Realizing Abiding Peace and Happiness

“You're born again, now, and all is glory and joy. This is what it means to be born again, to realize that you exist now, in this moment. (p. 242)”
― Robert Adams, Silence of the Heart: Dialogues with Robert Adams

“Life is lived only in this moment.
If I am distracted or lost in thought,
I miss my life.”
― Eric Overby, Legacy

“You'll lose it, you'll come down, but that's okay. Don't knock it. Because the grace to experience the possibility of yourself keeps helping you aim and redirect — and as you learn how to do it, every time you start to come down — the things that bring you down are your own clinging, fears, unworthiness, self-pity, stuff like that. And you just start to ‘here ma you take it, here Ram Dass you take it, you take my stuff, I don't need it anymore.’

And everything that interferes with your tuning to God within yourself, you just start to let it go. No big deal about it, you just start to let it go.”
― Ram Dass

“Those who live in a state of survival just watching their lives pass them by do not understand the power of living each day to the fullest.”
― Germany Kent

“Our mind cannot be freed into the present moment while we are caged by the illusion of multitasking.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“To be here now is a gift. Choose to be present and stay focused on purpose”
― Leo Lourdes, A World of Yoga: 700 Asanas for Mindfulness and Well-Being

“We do not need more things to be happy—
just some gratitude would do.”
― Felisa Tan, In Search for Meaning

“Belief - Yang Doubt - Yin? Or the Middle Way of pure direct experience of Now prior to belief or doubt.....”
― Leland Lewis, Random Molecular Mirroring

“I have forgiven the past and forgotten the future to live every second as it clicks.”
― Kangoma Kindembo

“Vivere solo in funzione di una meta è sciocco. È sui fianchi delle montagne che si sviluppa la vita.”
― Robert M. Pirsig, Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance and Siddhartha 2 Books Collection Set

“… but she herself embodies their greatest, most therapeutic gift: the message that we are here to be here, to go through it all and to retain our dignity, purpose, and values as best we can.”
― James Hollis, Hauntings: Dispelling the Ghosts Who Run Our Lives

“Time is an illusion we suffer from whenever we are not practicing mindfulness.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“We invite mindfulness when the doing is, or is at least treated as, the desired result.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Once you have reached a certain level of consciousness, (and if you are reading this, you almost certainly have), you are able to decide what kind of a relationship you want to have with the present moment. Do I want the present moment to be my friend or my enemy? The present moment is inseparable from life, so you are really deciding what kind of a relationship you want to have with life. Once you have decided you want the present moment to be your friend, it is up to you to make the first move: Become friendly toward it, welcome it no matter what disguise it comes, and soon you will see the results. Life becomes friendly toward you; people become helpful, circumstances cooperative. One decision changes your entire reality. But that one decision you have to make again and again and again—until it becomes natural to live in such a way.”
― Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose

“I don’t know why loss, cruelty, or other such things exist in the world - but I have this moment only (yesterday is gone and tomorrow is not promised) - I get to choose what to make of this moment. Am I living in heaven or hell? Only I get to decide.”
― Emilyann Allen

“Life is full of simple pleasures;
if one does not know how to enjoy them,
one would easily miss out on it.”
― Felisa Tan, In Search for Meaning

“Night-time moves us in mysterious ways. Darkness brings to light things that we would not otherwise notice in daylight.”
― Felisa Tan, In Search for Meaning

“The night wakes up the senses;
it wakes up the Soul.”
― Felisa Tan, In Search for Meaning

“A moment is indeed all one could ever ask for from perfection; but if you live fully and love with all your heart and soul, it is worth everything—and one moment is enough.”
― Felisa Tan, In Search for Meaning