One of the favourites.
Arjuna, immerse your mind in me and I will uplift you from the ocean of recurring death . If you cannot do that, then practise yoga and work on your mind. If you cannot do that, then do your work as if it is my work. If you cannot do that, then make yourself my instrument and do as I say. If you cannot do that, then simply do your job and leave the results to me.
Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 12, verses 6 to 11 (paraphrased)
We are living in a culture entirely hypnotized by the illusion of time, in which the so-called present moment is felt as nothing but an infinitesimal hairline between a causative past and an absorbingly important future. We have no present. Our consciousness is almost completely preoccupied with memory and expectation. We do not realize that there never was, is, nor will be any other experience than present experience. We are therefore out of touch with reality.
Alan Watts
ਫਰੀਦਾ ਤਨੁ ਸੁਕਾ ਪਿੰਜਰੁ ਥੀਆ ਤਲੀਆਂ ਖੂੰਡਹਿ ਕਾਗ ॥ Fareedhaa Than Sukaa Pinjar Thheeaa Thaleeaaan Khoonddehi Kaag ||
ਅਜੈ ਸੁ ਰਬੁ ਨ ਬਾਹੁੜਿਓ ਦੇਖੁ ਬੰਦੇ ਕੇ ਭਾਗ ॥੯੦॥ Ajai S Rab N Baahurriou Dhaekh Bandhae Kae Bhaag ||90||
ਕਾਗਾ ਕਰੰਗ ਢੰਢੋਲਿਆ ਸਗਲਾ ਖਾਇਆ ਮਾਸੁ ॥ Kaagaa Karang Dtandtoliaa Sagalaa Khaaeiaa Maas ||
ਏ ਦੁਇ ਨੈਨਾ ਮਤਿ ਛੁਹਉ ਪਿਰ ਦੇਖਨ ਕੀ ਆਸ ॥੯੧॥ Eae Dhue Nainaa Math Shhuho Pir Dhaekhan Kee Aas ||91||
ਕਾਗਾ ਚੂੰਡਿ ਨ ਪਿੰਜਰਾ ਬਸੈ ਤ ਉਡਰਿ ਜਾਹਿ ॥ Kaagaa Choondd N Pinjaraa Basai Th Ouddar Jaahi ||
ਜਿਤੁ ਪਿੰਜਰੈ ਮੇਰਾ ਸਹੁ ਵਸੈ ਮਾਸੁ ਨ ਤਿਦੂ ਖਾਹਿ ॥੯੨॥ Jith Pinjarai Maeraa Sahu Vasai Maas N Thidhoo Khaahi ||92||
-SGGS A1382P12
ਮੇਰੇ ਸਤਿਗੁਰਾ ਮੈ ਤੁਝ ਬਿਨੁ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਕੋਇ ॥ Maerae Sathiguraa Mai Thujh Bin Avar N Koe ||
ਹਮ ਮੂਰਖ ਮੁਗਧ ਸਰਣਾਗਤੀ ਕਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਮੇਲੇ ਹਰਿ ਸੋਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ Ham Moorakh Mugadhh Saranaagathee Kar Kirapaa Maelae Har Soe ||1|| Rehaao ||
- Guru Ram Das, SGGS A39P17