It's our nature to be free, and until we're stuck in a stressful belief system, we're pretty happy.

What I say and what I'm really experiencing - those universes are very different.

One morning as I lay sleeping on the floor, a cockroach crawled over my foot. And I opened my eyes out of this dead sleep - about a 43-year sleep - and in place of all that darkness was a joy that I can't describe.

Even breathing is a contribution.

The more you reveal, the more you have to question and the freer you get. Until, finally, you're absolutely exposed. And that leaves you in a fearless position, because you can work in the world without the fear of being found out. That is freedom.

Thoughts are just what is. They appear. They're innocent. They're not personal.

Until the mind is open, the heart stays closed. The open mind is the key to the open heart.