Separation can make us feel helpless and powerless, like we have no control. To withstand this negative force, we must return to our inner core, and that takes work. That takes time and patience.

No matter who you are, you have a giant self.

You can feel small, insignificant and insubstantial, but knowing the universe is in your tiny body should be enough to make you happy.

We forget that our bodies are the most valuable, precious thing we have and take that miracle of life for granted.

The world can only seem a safe place when we feel safe inside.

One of the most powerful sayings I have come across is by Imam ash-Shafi'I, "My heart is at ease knowing that what was meant for me will never miss me, and that what misses me was never meant for me."

I feel there is a great spiritual awakening on the planet right now. More than any previous time, people are drawn to meditation, to mindfulness, to yoga. These have become mainstream in the West because there is a hunger.