Be Here Now Quotes

Let's trade in all our judging for appreciating. Let's lay down our righteousness and just be together.

We're fascinated by the words--but where we meet is in the silence behind them.

The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give it all up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it. The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamed possible.

I would like my life to be a statement of love and compassion--and where it isn't, that's where my work lies.

The game is not about becoming somebody, it's about becoming nobody.

As long as you have certain desires about how it ought to be you can't see how it is.

The spiritual journey is individual, highly personal. It can't be organized or regulated. It isn't true that everyone should follow one path. Listen to your own truth.

Each of us finds his unique vehicle for sharing with others his bit of wisdom.

If you think you are free, there is no escape possible.

The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamed possible.

If you think you're free, there's no escape possible.

The most exquisite paradox; as soon as you give it all up, you can have it all.

I thought the secret of life was obvious: be here now, love as if your whole life depended on it, find your life's work, and try to get hold of a giant panda.

You just never know with contract situations and the whole business side of it. I'm here now and I'm happy to be here now. The future will take care of itself.

They used us as an excuse to go mad and then blamed it on us. Gandhi says create and preserve the image of your choice. The image of my choice is not Beatle George - those who want that can go and see Wings. Why live in the past? Be here now.

Be here now. It keeps us in a place of love, not fear.

We were born ahead of our time. Don't forget that the riot-grrl scene had a lot to do with making The Slits a legend, and that didn't happen until the early '90s. We couldn't get together before then, because the legend hadn't been built yet. In the 2000s, we've become bigger than life in that way. It's become really important for The Slits to be here now, but idealistically, we should have done it in the '90s.

Allow ourselves to do as Ram Dass said in his delicious phrase "Be Here Now." If you are here now you cannot fall into falsely constructed gender projections.

There's a desire for me in the work, even when I'm looking at the past, to be looking from the present. It's to be here now. It's looking in the present tense.

Remember, Be Here Now.

Miniskirts have become quite a fad. They're even some guys wearing them. Don't laugh, if you had thought to of that, you'd not be here now.

Ignore your previous experience and go into the moment. Be Here Now. See what there is to work with right now in creating yourself anew. Life is an ongoing, never-ending process of re-creation.

I probably wouldn't even be here now if it weren't for chiropractic

Each new moment presents an opportunity for conscious choice. We can choose to let go of the past. We can choose to be here now. We can choose to accept responsibility for ourselves. . . . We can choose to awaken. Or we can choose to remain asleep and unconscious.

A mind that wants to wander around a corner is an un-wise mind. Now, is, be here now.

Stop worrying about tomorrow. Stop thinking about yesterday. Mindfulness is to be here now, in the moment. Focus on this moment.

We are all affecting the world every moment, whether we mean to or not.

Be. Here. NOW. Don't forget to breathe. When all else fails, grab a clown nose.

We are all affecting the world every moment, whether we mean to or not. Our actions and states of mind matter, because we are so deeply interconnected with one another.

The most important aspect of love is not in giving or the receiving: it's in the being. When I need love from others, or need to give love to others, I'm caught in an unstable situation. Being in love, rather than giving or taking love, is the only thing that provides stability. Being in love means seeing the Beloved all around me.

To him who has had the experience no explanation is necessary, to him who has not, none is possible.

Learn to watch your drama unfold while at the same time knowing you are more than your drama.

I'm not interested in being a "lover." I'm interested in only being love.

Just because you are seeing divine light, experiencing waves of bliss, or conversing with Gods and Goddesses is no reason to not know your zip code.

The way you come to fully appreciate the infusion of the Spirit is to more and more come fully into the moment, where this moment is enough.

The heart surrenders everything to the moment. The mind judges and holds back.

Suffering is part of our training program for becoming wise.

In most of our human relationships, we spend much of our time reassuring one another that our costumes of identity are on straight.

It's all real and it's all illusory: that's Awareness!

Only that in you which is me can hear what I'm saying.

The next message you need is always right where you are.

Everything changes once we identify with being the witness to the story, instead of the actor in it.

The purpose of meditation is to create focus. It is about focusing your attention on your experience. The reason for focus: it allows you to be here now. Your only reality is This Moment, right here, right now. Peace is found in such awareness.

Every religion is the product of the conceptual mind attempting to describe the mystery.

A feeling of aversion or attachment toward something is your clue that there's work to be done.

I would say that the thrust of my life has been initially about getting free, and then realizing that my freedom is not independent of everybody else. Then I am arriving at that circle where one works on oneself as a gift to other people so that one doesn't create more suffering. I help people as a work on myself and I work on myself to help people.

Your memories are eroding away. The futures you anticipate, will mostly not come to pass, and the real richness is in the moment. And it's not necessarily some kind of 'Be Here Now' feel-good thing because it doesn't always feel good. But it always feels. It is a domain of feeling. It's primary.

What are you going to do? Are you going to keep looking backwards, full of anger, resentment and unfulfilled desire. Or are you going to be here now. Because everything is available for you in the here and now. Love, compassion, silence, bliss and Oneness.

I said that I thought the secret of life was obvious: be here now, love as if your whole life depended on it, find your life's work, and try to get hold of a giant panda. If you had a giant panda in your back yard, anything could go wrong — someone could die, or stop loving you, or you could get sick — and if you could look outside and see this adorable, ridiculous, boffo panda, you'd start to laugh; you'd be so filled with thankfulness and amusement that everything would be O.K. again.

Your problem is you're... too busy holding onto your unworthiness.