If your attention is focused only on the result, then you are no longer in the process. But if you're in the process, then the result is guaranteed.

Most people think that aging is genetic and yet if your parents lived to age 80+ that will add three years to your life.

When you let go of the need for any and all outcomes life becomes a creative magical adventure.

I like Muhammad a lot, because he's like us more than anybody else. Jesus is just so exalted, and Buddha is just so exalted, it's almost beyond our reach.

Like hunger or thirst, the instinct for balance is built into the human body.

Ask yourself, "Is there anything in my life that is causing me to feel a sense of unease, discomfort, or pain?" You can choose a persistent issue that has bothered you for years, or it may be something that has recently come up for you. While it's fine to focus on a chronic, physical disorder, don't approach this exercise as a cure - we're focusing on patterns of perception that encourage us to hold onto suffering.

Karma, memory, and desire are just the software of the soul. It's conditioning that the soul undergoes in order to create experience. And it's a cycle. In most people, the cycle is a conditioned response. They do the same things over and over again.