You do not have to abandon this world. You do not have to go to Heaven or wait for the future to have refuge. You can take refuge here and now. You only need to dwell deeply in the present moment.

~ Thich Nhat Hanh

The soul is its own witness, yea, the soul
Itself is its own refuge ; grieve thou not,
O man, thy soul, the great internal Witness.

~ Laws of Manu