Rigid belief systems, including skeptism, is signing up for the suppression of curiosity.

This is real freedom-the ability to enjoy the choices we make in every successive moment of the present.

People don't die of old age, they die of diseases that accompany old age, and they are preventable.

Every spiritual tradition has this idea of death and resurrection. It's not unique to Christianity.

Here are a few ways to face a habit and say "no" to it: Go outside your fixed routine; turn off the computer and the television; find a new outlet for your down time; talk to someone who holds a viewpoint contrary to yours and pay respectful attention, really listening.

Know that you are a miracle and that you have a unique place in the cosmic plan. You are here to be the presence of love. You are here to be the presence of joy. You are here to be the presence of peace.

In fact, scientists have shown that the better your DNA, your genetic machinery is at healing itself, the longer you live. That's how meditation lowers biological age.