Now Is The Only Time. How We

This Is The Tendency Of All Living Things: To Avoid Pain And To Cling To Pleasure.

We Feel That We Have To Be Right So That We Can Feel Good... The Whole Right And Wrong Business Closes Us Down And Makes Our World Smaller.

Pain Is Not A Punishment; Pleasure Is Not A Reward.

The Difference Between Theism And Nontheism Is Not Whether One Does Or Does Not Believe In God. . . Theism Is A Deep-seated Conviction That There's Some Hand To Hold: If We Just Do The Right Things, Someone Will Appreciate Us And Take Care Of Us. . . Nontheism Is Relaxing With The Ambiguity And Uncertainty Of The Present Moment Without Reaching For Anything To Protect Ourselves.

Whatever Is Happening Is The Path To Enlightenment.