Nick Harkaway Quotes

Listen to the silence. Listen to your life. Be present, not just think about what's going on next week, next month.

When in haste, rest in the present. Take a deep breath and come back to here and now.

I think we all get too caught up in doing instead of just being sometimes.

So for a period of time each day, try to sit, without moving, without expecting anything, as if you were in your last moment. Moment after moment you feel your last instant. In each inhalation and each exhalation there are countless instants of time. Your intention is to live in each instant.

You can enjoy the present moment, and you can be aligned with the doing. A different state of consciousness, then, is the foundation for what you do. Presence flows into what you do. Even though what you do may be the same, there is a fundamental difference: The energy that flows into what you do, although it may be high energy, is very peaceful energy. It is not out of alignment with life.

I'm not sitting somewhere dwelling on the past. I'm not fretting or obsessing about something in the future.

Whenever you are immersed in compulsive thinking, you are avoiding what is. You don't want to be where you are. Here, Now.

When I am constantly running there is no time for being. When there is no time for being there is no time for listening.

I'm trying to be present, not thinking and worrying about the past or the future. That's such a waste of time, you know?

We need to learn to live in the here and now; this moment is the best moment. Live it fully.

We need not worry about the future, we need not be prophetic about the future, we need not say a single thing about the future. We should be joyous and happy in this moment, and the next moment will be coming out of this moment. It will be suffused with the celebration of this moment, and naturally it will lead you into a higher celebration. The future is going to come out of this present.

I’ve learned not to worry about what might come next.

Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free.

The present moment holds the key to liberation. But you cannot find the present moment as long as you are your mind.

If you want to experience eternal illumination, put the past and the future out of your mind and remain within the present moment.

You can wish for things in the future to be different, but in this moment you have to accept things as they are.

Act in the moment, live in the present, slowly slowly don't allow the past to interfere And you will be surprised that life is such an eternal wonder, such a mysterious phenomenon and such a great gift that one simply feels constantly in gratitude. So this is my message for you: live in the moment, herenow. That's why I call it divine purity

I like to live in the present. I struggle with that, though, because - even for all of this "letting your life flow" stuff - I also have anxieties.

Each minute we spend worrying about the future and regretting the past is a minute we miss in our appointment with life - a missed opportunity to engage life and to see that each moment gives us the chance to change for the better, to experience peace and joy.

The fact that I am standing there and washing bowls is a wondrous reality. I'm being completely myself, following my breath, conscious of my presence, and conscious of my thoughts and actions.

Yesterday is done. Tomorrow never comes. Today is here. If you don't know what to do, sit still and listen. You may hear something. Nobody knows.

Don't judge yourself; simply return your attention to what's in front of you right now.

I felt that I was really living in the moment. I did not know where my life was going, but right now the future did not trouble me.

Dwell not on the past. Use it to illustrate a point, then leave it behind. Nothing really matters except what you do now in this instant of time. From this moment onwards you can be an entirely different person, filled with Love and understanding, ready with an outstretched hand, uplifted and positive in every thought and deed.

Every moment is an eternity in itself. Bliss is the present moment and each and everyone of us needs to understand this.