Meditation practice is regarded as a good and in fact excellent way to overcome warfare in the world; our own warfare as well as greater warfare.

In the practice of sitting meditation you relate to your daily life all the time. Meditation practice brings our neuroses to the surface rather than hiding them at the bottom of our minds. It enables us to relate to our lives as something workable.

It's no use trying to be different than you are.

Mindfulness is like a microscope; it is neither an offensive nor defensive weapon in relation to the germs we observe through it. The function of the microscope is just to clearly present what is there.

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

The simplicity of meditation means just experiencing the ape instinct of ego.

You can't feel the earth if you can't feel the space.