Becoming "awake" involves seeing our confusion more clearly.

Sit and do nothing. Every once in a while a golden fish swims by and lays her golden eggs. You'll know.

Compassion automatically invites you to relate with people because you no longer regard people as a drain on your energy.

Enlightenment is ego's ultimate disappointment.

If you are involved with the intensity of crescendo situations, with the intensity of tragedy, you might begin to see the humor of these situations as well. As in music, when we hear the crescendo building, suddenly if the music stops, we begin to hear the silence as part of the music.

The trouble with Westerners is that they want to witness their own enlightenment.

As in music, when we hear the crescendo building, suddenly if the music stops, we begin to hear the silence as part of the music.