The great teacher would teach us what is the most important thing of all, and that we should pay it our full attention as much as we can.
So what is the most important thing of all? Love, maybe? But why is love important? Just because it makes us feel good? What is the key thing that feeling love allows us to pay our full attention to, if it’s not love itself?
There is one clear and simple answer. Now.
This very experience – going on here and now. This is always and ever the most important thing.
Why? For one simple, clear reason. It’s the only actual thing.