The World Health Organization has recognized acupuncture as effective in treating mild to moderate depression.

The bottom line is that the human body is complex and subtle, and oversimplifying - as common sense sometimes impels us to do - can be hazardous to your health.

The desire to transcend one's own ego boundaries, to share completely, even for a moment, the consciousness of another person must be a universal longing. It motivates many of our activities from taking drugs to making love, and lies behind the search for new ways of getting close to one another that is so intense in our society today.

It is unrealistic to want to be happy all the time.

If we can make the correct diagnosis, the healing can begin. If we can't, both our personal health and our economy are doomed.

I do not claim to have attained optimum emotional well-being. Actually, I think that may be a lifetime goal. For me it’s an ongoing process that requires awareness, knowledge, and practice. I do know what good emotional health feels like, and that motivates me to keep at the practice.

I'm not against high-tech medicine. It has a secure place in the diagnosis and treatment of serious disease.