The problem is that ego can convert anything to its own use, even spirituality.

When one is able to overcome the romantic and emotional attitude, one discovers truth even in the kitchen sink.

Sometimes one touches on a very painful spot where one is almost too shy to look into it, but somehow one still has to go through it. And by going into it, one finally achieves a real command of oneself. One gains a thorough knowledge of oneself for the first time.

The point is that whatever one is trying to learn, it is necessary to have firsthand experience, rather than learning from books or from teachers or by merely conforming to an already established pattern.

The charnel ground is that great graveyard in which the complexities of samsara and nirvana lie buried.

Watchfulness is experiencing a sudden glimpse of something without any qualifications - just the sudden glimpse itself.

Mindfulness does not mean pushing oneself toward something or hanging on to something. It means allowing oneself to be there in the very moment of what is happening in the living process - and then letting go.