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"Past and Future exist in the mind. They exist in the outside world. The mind is shaped by the physical world. Past and future however do NOT exist within the body. Because the present moment is all that you have and will ever be able to experience from within. Presence is how you fully exist. Internal (No-mind, no-time, awareness) is how you fully exist."
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"Whatever the depth of our darkness, God navigated it eons before it was dark. And whatever the duration of our nights, God was there long before it ever turned to night. Therefore, despite our frequent feelings to the contrary, there is no place we might be where God was not lovingly waiting for us an eternity before we got there."

"Since we cling to our hope in the future, we do not focus our energies and capabilities on the present moment."

"How ironic it is then, to realize how many of we humans are masochists! That even when we are placed in paradise, the majority of us would, by choice, focus on everything outside the present moment and make ourselves suffer by thinking about Dis-Ease! Too many of us would dwell on a past that no longer exists while everything in the present moment is wonderful. What great paradoxes we as humans are capable of!"

"For the moment, everything had disappeared: the church, the battle, the screams and shouts and the rumble of limber wheels along the rutted road through Freehold. There wasn't anything but her and him, and he opened his eyes to look on her face, to fix it in his mind forever."

"We were there, together, and in the next room I could hear that monitor beeping. Keeping track of another heart's beat and giving enduring, solid proof of our own."

"To take each day as a separate page, to be read carefully, savoring all of the details, this is best for me, I think."

"Divine presence gives meaning to what seems to have no meaning."

"Wouldn't you like to arrive to any event or situation with a sense of confidence and ease that things are as they need to be?"
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"You can not avoid life or your thoughts you can only make the best of your current situation and move on with a positive mental attitude."

"If you are expressing gratitude then you are in the present moment. If you are in the present moment then you are expressing gratitude."

"Criticism of others. Criticism of 'self'.Criticism is the lack of compassion, insecurity of 'self' there a self defense mechanism is to put others down to feel superior EVEN IF you disagree with their lifestyle. Let go of your 'Self'.And if you have acted wrongly according to your own self-standard. Let go of your 'self'.Recognize when others are criticizing and 'choose' not to conform to the unconscious acts of others. Be aware, let go."

"If we don't currently have what we so desire, then we must become a different person. Beliefs and thought patterns is the road to victory."

"Act with though awareness and love in the present moment then you will never need to worry about the thought of regret."

"Life is a balance of hanging on and letting go.In the moment, shut down the mind and let intuition give you the answer. Have no regrets."

"Major improvements don't happen over night. Their are many moments inching towards improvement. The difference between those who make major improvements in their lives are the ones who embrace patience and wait through the darkness as long as it takes."
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