the mystery of life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced. - Alan Watts

At such times we are so aware of the moment that no attempt is made to compare its experience with other experiences.

[T]he paradox of civilization is that the more one is anxious to survive, the less survival is worth the trouble.

To notice is to select, to
regard some bits of perception, or some features of the world, as more
noteworthy, more significant, than others. To these we attend, and the
rest we ignore — for which reason conscious attention is at the same time ignorance despite the fact that it gives us a vividly
clear picture of whatever we choose to notice.