First, in the field of morality, we train to pay attention to our actions and speech, and to realize that everything we do and say has consequences. We cannot divorce spiritual practice from the everyday actions of our lives.

Those of us who like to skip steps can learn to rest in the present moment. Those of us who tend to take shortcuts to get where we’re going can rest easy, take a deep breath, and remember, in the well-known words of Ram Dass, to “be here now.” Those of us who get confused or impatient, who think a lot about future plans, can begin to recognize that