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'.

Self-awareness is value-free. It isn't scary. It doesn't imply that you will subject yourself to needless pain.

I teach people that no matter what the situation is, no matter how chaotic, no matter how much drama is around you, you can heal by your presence if you just stay within your center.

A verse from the Veda says, 'What you see, you become.' In other words, just the experience of perceiving the world makes you what you are. This is a quite literal statement.

We somehow forget that we can choose whether to make time an enemy or an ally.

The Universe is a mirror of consciousness.

You are no more in your body than Beethoven is inside your radio.