Remember this: Beliefs divide, values unite. When we go to the values that underlie so many religious beliefs, they unite us.

Meditation is a vital way to purify and quiet the mind, thus rejuvenating the body.

Children offer the finest expressions of openness and flexibility. They play and laugh freely, and find wonder in the smallest things.

Neurons that fire together wire together. You can rewire your brain for higher consciousness by focusing on love.

You are the luminous mystery in which the entire universe with its forms and phenomena arises and subsides. When this realization dawns there is a complete transformation of your personal self into your universal self . . . the complete loss of all fear, including death. You have become a being who radiates love the same way the sun radiates light. You have finally arrived at the place from which your journey began.

When the body is in pain, a distorted area of awareness is crying out to the rest of awareness for help.

Addiction is the number one disease of civilization, and it's directly and indirectly related to all other diseases. Besides physical addictions to nicotine, alcohol, and other substances, there are psychological addictions, such as the addiction to work, sex, television, melodrama, and perfection.