Quotes About Presence

You get there by realizing you are already there.

One of the greatest gifts you can give to anyone is the gift of attention

I teach people that no matter what the situation is, no matter how chaotic, no matter how much drama is around you, you can heal by your presence if you just stay within your center.

My tombstone? I'm thinking something along the lines of, 'Geez, he was just here a minute ago.'

Listening without bias or distraction is the greatest value you can pay another person.

No gift can ever replace the value of being there in person.

He saw you in your own Gethsemane and He didn't want you to be alone..He would rather go to hell for you than to haven without you.

There are very few joys in life greater than spontaneity. Spontaneity means to be in the moment; it means acting out of your awareness, not acting according to your old conditionings.

The difference between acting badly or brilliantly is not based on your ability, but on the state of your mind and/or body in any given moment.

When we are present, life is also present.

Neither failure nor success has the power to change your inner state of Being.

All that you need in order to have total happiness, fulfillment, and love in your life you already have right now, whoever you are, wherever you are.

Be someone's best friend and be there when he or she needs you.

When you are in the presence of someone whose seed is in you, you've to cultivate that seed and make sure that seed depict you.

Looking forward" to what you think enlightenment might be at some grand point in the future keeps you from seeing the truth of its presence right now.

Awareness is that which is reading these words right now, whatever "that" is. You know without a doubt that there is something reading these words right now and awareness is precisely what that is.

If you're using half your concentration to look normal, then you're only half paying attention to whatever else you're doing.

Music survives everything, and like God, it is always present. It needs no help, and suffers no hindrance.

You know, one of the tragedies of real life is that there is no background music.

You cant make your music good. You cant try to be good. You can try to be present and you can try to remain open so what is going to speak to you can speak through you.

Never lose the groove to find a note.

If the audience doesn't hear what is going on, is it going on?

Encounter every situation with your total consciousness, without any guilt. Enjoy music, enjoy food, enjoy love - enjoy everything that is natural.

My favorite piece [piece of music] is the one we hear all the time if we are quiet.