Untouched, uncorrupted by what once was, and yet unfolding from it -- as does a tender new flower from its stem -- comes forth the ever-present moment. But (such) newness holds no familiar pleasure for a mind locked in time: where its struggle to be free unfolds in self-spun captivity, an unwitting but willing captive of a prison whose bars are the past carried forward.

The reason he's able to be present, quietly aware of and attentive to the movement of his own thoughts and feelings, is because he's not trying to go somewhere, get something, or become someone "special." He is without tension because he sees that identifying with whatever the flavor of desire may be in the moment is the same as allowing fear to pull him apart.

Memories trail us on the horizontal line of passing time, acting as guides and interpreters of the present moment when, in truth, they blind us to its all-encompassing Presence from out of which time flows; they secretly separate us from this Kingdom just above us where Wisdom, Patience, and Love abide in perfect Peace. And, in exchange for our agreement to sleep in these fragile dreams..

Seen properly, only individual freedom is truly possible; but this liberated state of being requires total responsibility (from those who seek it) for each of their actions, and in all of their relationships.

The reporter asked the gentleman, whose lecture he had just observed, "Why sir, do you go to the trouble you do? Why persist with making these presentations when almost no one comes to see them? As far as I could tell, there were only seven people in the class room this evening, and I've learned this is almost always the case wherever you go!" After a moment, the gentleman responded (for thos...

In this short talk Guy illustrates the importance of awareness in every moment of our lives. Who we are presently can't change us. In order to begin the hard work of authentic change we must make it our aim to do one thing in awareness -- sitting down, walking, eating -- even if for just...

Now is the Holiday; there is no other time of birth, of sacrifice, and of rebirth. To look for reconciliation outside of what the Divine reveals within you in "each" Presence moment is to look in the wrong place, for the wrong thing. Don't be dismayed; don't be fooled; keep looking. Remain watchful even when life seems empty. The only reason the present moment, as it is, seems as though it is...

Part 1 It's not the moment that's unsteady; it's our present level of self: a shack made of sticks that's shaken by any unexpected wind... and that fears its own shuddering. Part 2 The real reason why "familiarity breeds contempt" is because the wish that life remains constant, and knowable flies directly in the face of celestial laws that say nothing in existence remains the same.

Our lives are nothing but a series of invitations, a series of moments in which we run into what we don't know. And in this experience of our own limitations, something good and natural takes place. In its constant stirring and seeking, life feeds back to us the boundaries determined by our present understanding.

Part 1 Self-realization is synonymous with agreeing to make whatever sacrifice is needed to live within Presence; it is the "on the spot" successive payment of one's self -- by one's Self; it is the cost of a conscious relationship with the Holiness of Life... known only by shouldering your part of its plan as revealed in each passing moment. Part 2 It is impossible to be present to...

There can be no starting place in our lives any truer than what our own awareness of the present moment permits. This friendly fact tells us that our life direction, our actual destiny, is determined by the level of our awareness that attends the full range of each step we take. The next two examples prove this insight beyond the calling of any logic. No one consciously takes a step in haste...

Our experience of each moment -- for its pleasure or pain, peace or trouble -- is a direct reflection of what we are in relationship with in the present.