Before the art of medicine comes the art of belief.

The basic theme of the kapha metabolic type is relaxed.

Try not to worry what your parents think - try to help them see that you do live by the values that they taught you.

Life is set up to bring you every needed situation in its own right time.

To limit yourself to a label of "alcoholic" is masochistic and false if you have awakened a deeper spiritual identity within and have come to know your true self as unconditioned pure awareness. This doesn't mean that recovering alcoholics don't have to be concerned with relapsing, they must always remain vigilant. The power of addiction should not be underestimated. This exercise in vigilance can become a spiritual tool of liberation as well. Always being aware of choosing between real happiness and false happiness is also the discrimination required to attain enlightenment.

Happiness is the ultimate goal...The mistake we make is not going for happiness first. If we did, everything else would follow.

One of the unique things about the human brain is that it can do only what it thinks it can do. The minute you say 'my memory isn't what it used to be' or 'I can't remember a thing today.' You are actually training your brain to live up to your diminished expectations.