The Power of Now - chapter 3

1. morrow Take no thought for the morrow; for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself 2. plow Nobody who puts his hands to the plow and looks back is fit for the Kingdom of God 3. reverence A knowing that does not destory the sacredness and mystery of life but contains a deep love and reverence for all that is. 4. unwittingly Be alert as you practice this so that you do not unwittingly transform clock time into psychological time. 5. Vibrancy Your life then loses its vibrancy, its freshness, its sense of wonder. 6. obsession The mind then creates an obsession with the future as an escape from the unsatisfactory present. 7. deadening You are leaving behind the deadening world of mental abstraction, of time. 8. incisive Should a situation arise that you need to deal with now, your action will be clear and incisive if it arises out of present-moment awareness. 9. imbued When you act out of present-moment awareness, whatever you do becomes imbued with a sense of quality, care and love - even the most simple action. 10. consecrated It is described as the path of "consecrated action.". 11. grim Being free of psychological time, you no longer pursue your goals with grim dtermination, driven by fear, anger, discontent, or the need to become someone. Everything is honored, but nothing matters. Forms are born and die, yet you are aware of the Eternal underneath the forms. You know that nothing real can be threatened. When this is your state of being, how can you not succeed? You have succeeded already.