There is, quite literally, nothing to understand.

The main requirement for spiritual growth: A yearning to know who you really are.

In silence a question has great power, because in silence a question will always lead you deeper into your experience. If there is no grounding in silence, a spiritual question is going to lead you into your mind.

We realize--often quite suddenly--that our sense of self, which has been formed and constructed out of our ideas, beliefs and images, is not really who we are. It doesn't define us, it has no center.

Have you noticed, with whatever quality of love you have experienced, that when true love arises, it opens up both your mind and emotions? It's an openness to whatever is happening.

Real meditation is not about mastering a technique; it's about letting go of control.

Enlightenment is the unaltered state of consciousness