When we let go of wanting something else to happen in this moment, we are taking a profound step toward being able to encounter what is here now. If we hope to go anywhere or develop ourselves in any way, we can only step from where we are standing. If we don’t really know where we are standing—a not-merely-conceptual knowing that comes directly fr

You’ll know you’ve arrived in Square Four when your dreams have not only come true but demonstrated some long-term staying power. Your small business is turning enough profit to survive; the person you love has agreed to marry you; the contract is signed; the statute of limitations has run out on your more serious crimes. The ingredients necessary

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

if your destination, or the steps you are going to take in the future, take up so much of your attention that they become more important to you than the step you are taking now, then you completely miss the journey’s inner purpose, which has nothing to do with where you are going or what you are doing, but everything to do with how.