Our bodies demand our attention; our bodies demand that we actually pay attention to what is going on with our lives.

Walking the spiritual path properly is a very subtle process; it is not something to jump into naively. There are numerous sidetracks which leades to a distorted, ego-centered version of spirituality; we can deceive ourselves into thinking we are developing spiritually when instead we are strengthening our egocentricity through spiritual techniques. This fundamental distortion may be referred to as spiritual materialism

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

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

There is something suspect about our inability to enjoy anything.

If kindness doesn't work, try more kindness.

To be a spiritual warrior, one must have a broken heart; without a broken heart and the sense of tenderness and vulnerability, your warriorship is untrustworthy.