My head monk asked how it was walking. I said it hurt without shoes. And he said, 'It hurts on the foot that's down, but the one that's up feels really good - so focus on that one'.

The themes that run through all my work are that consciousness is the ultimate reality; and that by understanding consciousness, you understand everything about yourself, about perception, about creativity, about behavior, about relationships. By understanding consciousness, you have the ability to create anything in your world. And you have the ability to influence also the collective consciousness to not only bring about personal healing, but social transformation, and ultimately healing our planet, which happens to be extremely wounded.

It is easier to wiggle the toes than reset the biological clock, but that is just a belief that is rooted in superstition. If we could understand that the human body is a network of information and energy, then we would see that the same principles apply everywhere in the body.

We can shift from time-bound awareness into timeless awareness . . . to the ecstasy that can only be found in the present moment.

Life is about fulfillment. If your life isn't fulfilled, your stomach can never supply what's missing.

Nothing has more power to transform than awareness. When you become complete inside yourself, the worst conditions don't matter.

Our brains are too slow to register that every concrete object is winking in and out of existence at the quantum level thousands of times per second.