A New Earth
When you are Present, when your attention is fully in the Now, that
Presence will flow into and transform what you do. There will be quality and
power in it. You are present when what you are doing is not primarily a
means to an end (money, prestige, winning) but fulfilling in itself, when
there is joy and aliveness in what you do. And, of course, you cannot be
present unless you become friendly with the present moment. That is the
basis for effective action, uncontaminated by negativity.
Form means limitation. We are here not only to experience limitation,
but also to grow in consciousness by going beyond limitation. Some
limitations can be overcome on an external level. There may be other
limitations in your life that you have to learn to live with. They can only be
overcome internally. Everyone will encounter them sooner or later. Those
limitations either keep you trapped in egoic reaction, which means intense