Leonard Jacobson Quotes & Sayings

If your commitment is to being present, then there will come a time when being present becomes your natural state. The present moment becomes your home. You will have short excursions into the world of the mind, but you never go so far into the mind that you get lost there. — Leonard Jacobson

As you transition from the past and future world of the mind to the awakened world of now, you will begin to experience yourself in an entirely new way. A way that is free of the pain and limitations of the past, and free of anxiety about the future. And you will begin to experience the abundance that is ever present in each moment. — Leonard Jacobson

Waking up is not serious. It is a gentle remembering and an honoring of the present moment as the truth of life. — Leonard Jacobson

The ego is often deeply involved in the desire to help others. If you do not want your ego to be involved in this way, do not be available for others unless you really want to be available. Do not feel that you should be available. Don't sacrifice yourself in any way. Don't go against your true feelings. Don't carry the cross for anyone else. Make sure that there's no sense that helping others makes you a better person or that it will gain you easy access into Heaven. Don't be a martyr. — Leonard Jacobson

The past is gone. The future never arrives. In truth, there is no life outside of this moment! — Leonard Jacobson

Your gift to God is honesty. God's gift to you is truth. — Leonard Jacobson

If you accept full responsibility for yourself, you will be released forever from expectation, resentment, blame and guilt. — Leonard Jacobson

Don't diminish yourself in any way. Dare to be all that you are. — Leonard Jacobson

People have no clue that they're in prison, they don't know that there is an ego, they don't know the distinction. — Leonard Jacobson

If you're truly present in this moment, then you are a Buddha. At least for this moment! — Leonard Jacobson

When you awaken, you will see that this is Heaven on Earth, and everything in physical form is the body of God. — Leonard Jacobson

It is far wiser to ask for a question than an answer. When you think you have all the answers, it simply means you have run out of questions. — Leonard Jacobson

The underlying motivation that drives all addiction is our insistence on avoiding pain. However, the pain you are avoiding is based in the past, and has nothing to do with the present moment. — Leonard Jacobson

Everything that occurs in your life is part of God's plan to wake you up. — Leonard Jacobson

"What do I want?" is your question. And what you want is always changing with the flow. So go with the flow. — Leonard Jacobson

If you have a powerful enlightenment experience, do not try to hold on to it, for to do so will take you out of the present moment. You will be caught in the past. You will close the door that gave rise to the experience in the first place. — Leonard Jacobson

God is real. God is here now. God is this moment revealed. For the most part, we are lost in the past and future world of the mind. To experience the living Presence of God in all things present, we will have come to where God is. We will have to become fully present. Otherwise we have no choice but to believe in God or disbelieve in God and neither is true, for the truth is beyond belief! — Leonard Jacobson

To live a present and awakened life, simply be responsive to the moment. It is very simple. If you are hungry, eat. If you are thirsty, drink. If you are lonely, call a friend for tea. If you are overwhelmed with too much company, then get away by yourself. — Leonard Jacobson

THE JOURNEY IS FROM HERE TO HERE. AND THE ONLY TIME YOU CAN ARRIVE IS NOW. — Leonard Jacobson

There is no greater power than the power of love, which arises from Presence. It overcomes all resistance. — Leonard Jacobson

You don't realize that if you stop looking backwards craving the love and acceptance which you didn't receive from your parents, then you might open your eyes to what is available for you now. But you won't let go. If only you could see that looking back into an incomplete and imperfect past, with regret, blame, guilt or resentment is keeping you from the treasures that await you here now. The past has gone. You cannot rectify something that is no longer with you. — Leonard Jacobson

You cannot be present in an abstract way. Presence is not about disappearing into nothingness. You can only be present with something that is actually here. — Leonard Jacobson

When you are present, your mind is silent. Free of opinions, concepts and beliefs and free of projections from the past and anxiety about the future, it is a perfectly clear instrument of expression. And the expression comes from the center of your Being. — Leonard Jacobson

How does silence find its way out of that noisy, chattering mind? That endless maze of thought, concept, opinion, belief? How does perfect silence and pure consciousness find its way out of that maze? Very simply: Bring yourself present with something that's HERE, in the moment. Then you'll be HERE again. — Leonard Jacobson

The more awake you are, the less there is of you here. At the very deepest level of Presence, you have disappeared and only God is. — Leonard Jacobson

As each of us awakens, it impacts human consciousness at a collective level. It is like dropping a tiny pebble of light into a dark pool of unconsciousness . Ripples of light! — Leonard Jacobson

If you really know how to ask the question 'Who am I?' you will inevitably be delivered into that state of silence and pure consciousness that is your true Being. The question 'Who am I?' will ultimately deliver you into the 'I am' of you. — Leonard Jacobson

More than anything else, judgment will take you out of the present moment. It will take you out of Oneness into separation. Whenever judgment arises within you, just notice it. Acknowledge it. Confess it. It is just an energy arising within you. Do not judge it or try to get rid of it. Just bring it to consciousness with love, acceptance and compassion. In this way, judgment will be transformed into love. — Leonard Jacobson

You get lost because you think there is somewhere to go. If you give up believing in a goal or a destination, then you cannot get lost. In the present moment, there is no destination. — Leonard Jacobson

It disguises it's thoughts as your thoughts, it's feelings with your feelings, you think it's you. — Leonard Jacobson

You can be sad for others but you don't have to take on their pain. — Leonard Jacobson

In the awakened state of Presence, aloneness becomes all-oneness. — Leonard Jacobson

In the awakened state, the mind is either perfectly silent or it is a perfectly clear instrument of expression. — Leonard Jacobson

As each one of us awakens, it is like a light going on, followed by another light, another light, and another light. The darkness of human unconsciousness is slowly, gradually and gently lit, until there comes a day when there is more light than dark, more consciousness than unconsciousness , more joy than pain, ... more truth than illusion. That would indeed be a day for celebration. — Leonard Jacobson

When you are fully present, you transcend duality and open into Oneness. In Presence, there is power without opposition. There is love without hate, acceptance without judgment and allowing without control. — Leonard Jacobson

Awakening is not something you achieve. It is something you relax into. — Leonard Jacobson

The only moment ever available to you is the present moment. Everything else is memory or imagination. — Leonard Jacobson

From Being to the Eternal

To awaken from mind to Being
is your responsibility.
No one can do it for you.
It is not difficult.
It can be done, provided you know the way.
I can show you the way.
But I cannot walk the path for you.
If you are sincere, honest, authentic,
and act with integrity,
and if you are total in your commitment,
you will awaken from mind to Being.
It is your birthright.
It is your destiny.
And you will be fulfilled completely,
in this lifetime.
But to awaken from the level of Being
to the Eternal is another matter.
This you cannot do.
The Eternal descends.
It is a question of grace.
A benediction.
You cannot hold onto it.
It will come and go.
It is not up to you.
All you can do is be an invitation. — Leonard Jacobson

If you want to know who you are, look into the true mirror. The flower will reflect your beauty. The sky will reflect your vastness. The ocean will reflect your depth. The child will reflect your innocence. But if you look into the mirror that is unconscious humanity, you are looking into the wrong mirror. Your reflection will be distorted by their projections. — Leonard Jacobson

True awakening involves embracing every aspect of yourself with love and acceptance, including everything you have been denying, hiding or trying to fix. To deny these things is a judgment of them and judgment will keep you forever imprisoned within separation. — Leonard Jacobson

When you are truly present, you illuminate everything around you. — Leonard Jacobson

When you awaken, you know that everything that occurs at the level of mind is illusory in nature and so you no longer believe in it as the truth of life. It is sometimes happy and sometimes sad, because it is a world of duality. You relax and accept the dual nature of the world of the mind and the world of experience within time. This will create balance within duality which will open the doorway to Oneness. — Leonard Jacobson

We are on a journey of becoming that which we already are. That is the impossible paradox of our lives. — Leonard Jacobson

Projecting into the future with hopes, dreams and desires can never fulfill you. Only the present moment can fulfill you. — Leonard Jacobson

When you are present, you are transcendent of the mind and ego and so you can witness your mind and ego. You can be conscious of your thoughts without being lost in them when they arise. — Leonard Jacobson

The fact that we are aware of ourselves is both our greatest curse and also our greatest blessing. — Leonard Jacobson

You can live in a house, but your real home is inside you. — Leonard Jacobson

You spend very little time in the present moment. Reality exists only in the present moment. Therefore you spend very little time in reality. — Leonard Jacobson

One of the great dangers on the spiritual path is that the ego becomes spiritualized. The ego loves to think of itself as spiritually evolved. It is just another way that it manages to feel important and in control. It is very difficult to free yourself from an enlightened ego. — Leonard Jacobson

I cannot tell you anything that you don't already know, but it is known in silence. — Leonard Jacobson

When you become present, your mind is silent. There is no agenda. You are not holding onto anything. You are not seeking anything. You are just here with what is, and it is enough. — Leonard Jacobson

When you are caught in the mind, your past defines you. When you are present, you are beyond definition. — Leonard Jacobson

The price of freedom is to allow freedom. Very few people are willing to pay the price. — Leonard Jacobson

It is not until you awaken and become fully present that you will realize that you have not been present. It is not until you awaken that you will realize you have been asleep, dreaming that you are awake. — Leonard Jacobson

The soul's journey is from Oneness into separation, ultimately to return to Oneness."
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Only when you can accept that you are alone, will you discover that you are not alone. — Leonard Jacobson

If you really want to help, then help others to be more present. Help others to free themselves from the past. Help others to take responsibility for themselves. Help them to see how they are creating their own suffering. Every now and then, you will encounter innocent ones who are suffering through no fault of their own, particularly animals and children. Do not hesitate! Help them. — Leonard Jacobson

The very essence of your Being is infinite, eternal silence. It is your true nature. It is the essence of all existence. — Leonard Jacobson

Me, me, me! Mine, mine, mine! I'm right, I'm right, I'm right. What's in it for me? How do I use this? How do I take advantage of it? This is the way of the ego. Own this within yourself and you will begin to release yourself from it. — Leonard Jacobson

Wanting others to love you, you give away your heart. Wanting others to see you, you give away your eyes. — Leonard Jacobson

In Presence, there is no outcome. It is our involvement in the outcome that keeps us imprisoned in an imagined future. In Presence, there is only now. — Leonard Jacobson

If you fully awaken, you will not know yourself. Understand this, and you will understand all. — Leonard Jacobson

Beyond all experience is the one who is experiencing. Beyond all change is the One who never changes. — Leonard Jacobson

Awakening is about liberating yourself from the prison that is the world of the mind and daring to be here as all that you are. — Leonard Jacobson

Each new moment presents an opportunity for conscious choice. We can choose to let go of the past. We can choose to be here now. We can choose to accept responsibility for ourselves ... We can choose to awaken. Or we can choose to remain asleep and unconscious. — Leonard Jacobson

As you awaken, the present moment becomes your home. You still play in the world of time, but you're not identified with the story unfolding there. — Leonard Jacobson

Gratitude, generosity and humility are inherent characteristics of one who is present. When you awaken, you will realize that everyone and everything has the same right to be here as you do. This includes every human Being, every tree Being, every flower Being, and every other kind of Being. — Leonard Jacobson

Everything that happens is designed to awaken us. Everything. — Leonard Jacobson

Surrender the dream and the truth will be revealed. — Leonard Jacobson

Once you have found yourself and accepted your aloneness, then the greatest blessing is to share the love that arises within you. Each new moment presents the richest opportunity to be loving. And you can share love in the simplest of ways. Be soft and gentle. Be caring and kind. Be loving in an ordinary way, without any sense of wanting anything back, Life offers you the most precious gift. The gift of allowing you to be present and share love. — Leonard Jacobson

Do not seek the answers. Let the answers find you. — Leonard Jacobson

If you can see it, hear it, feel it, taste it, touch it, or smell it, you can be present with it. It is of the present moment, and so it brings to you the opportunity to be present with it. — Leonard Jacobson

When you learn to take responsibility for yourselves, then you will start taking responsibility for the planet. The planet is being destroyed by your abandonment of responsibility. You assume that you own the planet. And ownership confers upon you the right to do as you like. You do not own this beautiful planet. You are simply a guest here. — Leonard Jacobson

It's not them, it's you. It's not there, it's here. It's not then, it's now. — Leonard Jacobson

Every moment you are present, there is a little less darkness in our world. — Leonard Jacobson

The only thing I trust is silence. And I trust silence completely. — Leonard Jacobson

True power arises in knowing what you want, knowing what you don't want, expressing it clearly and lovingly without attachment to the outcome. — Leonard Jacobson

The truth is known in silence. Be still and know. — Leonard Jacobson

There is nothing wrong with anger. Anger is a beautiful emotion, as valid and rich as joy or laughter. But you have been taught to repress your anger. Your anger has been condemned. If anger is unexpressed, it will slowly poison you. The key is to know how to express your anger. Do not throw it out onto any one. No one is responsible for your anger. Simply express your anger. Beat up a cushion. Go for a run. Express your anger to a tree. Dance your anger. Enjoy it. — Leonard Jacobson

The truth is uncompromising. — Leonard Jacobson

It is a mistake to imagine that you can awaken in any kind of permanent way. There is only NOW and so you can only be awake now. Even the idea of permanence is an illusion. The question to ask is 'Am I awake and fully present NOW?' That question arises and is answered in perfect silence. — Leonard Jacobson

In presence, there is no right or wrong, because there is no duality. There is no judgment. — Leonard Jacobson

In the present moment, you are beyond all definition. This means that you are no longer defined by the pain and limitations of the past. You are no longer defined by your judgments, opinions or beliefs nor are you defined by the judgment, opinions or beliefs of others. — Leonard Jacobson