Chogyam Trungpa Quotes

The secret of awakening is to unconditionally accept this moment as it is.

I am learning the importance of living in the moment.

Live in the present, forget the past. Give up hopes of future.

I had been reading this book about Zen Koan philosophy, and it was talking about the right here and the right now, and how important it is, and I was really trying to get there in my life.

Instead of 'watching the thinker,' you can also create a gap in the mind stream simply by directing the focus of your attention into the Now. Just become intensely conscious of the present moment. This is a deeply satisfying thing to do. In this way, you draw consciousness away from mind activity and create a gap of no-mind in which you are highly alert and aware but not thinking. This is the essence of meditation.

To live in the moment is truly an art and is truly a talent, because when you live in the moment then you are truly the master of your whole life and you'll have the best times.

Don't dwell on what has passed away or what is yet to be.

Meditation is not concentration. It is simple awareness. You simply relax and watch the breathing. In that watching, nothing is excluded. The car is humming - perfectly okay, accept it. The traffic is passing - that's okay, part of life. The fellow passenger snoring by your side, accept it. Nothing is rejected. You are not to narrow down your consciousness.

Accept the present moment without judgement.

All you realy need to do is accept this moment fully. You are then at ease in the here and now and at ease with yourself.

Don't observe yourself too closely. Don't be too quick to draw conclusions from what happens to you; simply let it happen.

So, in meditation practice, the best way to get somewhere is to let go of trying to get anywhere at all.

Mindfulness is not about getting anywhere else.

Wherever you are is always the right place. There is never a need to fix anything, to hitch up the bootstraps of the soul and start at some higher place. Start right where you are.

All meditations are nothing but efforts to bring you to the present. When you live in the present moment, with no past hanging around you, with no future projection, you are free from life and death, you are free from body and mind. You are free - simply free - you are freedom.

What would it be like if I could accept life--accept this moment--exactly as it is?

An amazing realization is in the present moment there is only what is, but there are no problems. And if your attention remains in the Now, you no longer inhabit a world of problems. Challenges you may still face, but they come to you in the space of Now.

In this moment, there is plenty of time. In this moment, you are precisely as you should be. In this moment, there is infinite possibility.

To meditate with mindful breathing is to bring body and mind back to the present moment so that you do not miss your appointment with life.

Our way is to practice one step at a time, one breath at a time, with no gaining idea.

I live in the present moment.

I try to just stay in the present moment as much as possible.

At the Cruiserweight Classic finale, I said... I don't know if people had looked it up, or if they had heard it before, but it was an old Zen proverb. 'Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, you chop wood, carry water.' It can be interpreted a lot of ways, but for the most part it's about staying in the moment.

But man postpones or remembers; he does not live in the present, but with reverted eye laments the past, or, heedless of the riches that surround him, stands on tiptoe to foresee the future. He cannot be happy and strong until he too lives with nature in the present, above time.

Be in this moment, and free yourself of striving for something more or someone else.