Thoughts naturally arise. The point of meditation is not to banish thoughts but to make peace with them by realizing their lack of substance.

you can live a whole life time never being awake.

Aim not to win or succeed, but for excellence in the moment.

We discover our character through decisions under pressure.

When we align our lives with spiritual laws, challenges remain, but we can approach them with arms open wide, ready to dance.

I'd always believed that a life of quality, enjoyment, and wisdom were my human birthright and would be automatically bestowed upon me as time passed. I never suspected that I would have to learn how to live - that there were specific disciplines and ways of seeing the world I had to master before I could awaken to a simple, happy, uncomplicated life.

People love miracle stories and dramatic moments of transcendence or transformation, and may then pursue their own dramatic "awakenings."