I am beneath or above no one. When I am independent of the good or bad opinion of others, I stand strong in my own divine power.

Witness your thoughts, moods, and behaviors. They represent your memories of the past, and by witnessing them in the present, you liberate yourself from the past.

If you have a happy friend, your happiness goes up fifteen times.

Instead of resisting any emotion, the best way to dispel it is to enter it fully, embrace it and see through your resistance.

Ask yourself, "Is there anything in my life that is causing me to feel a sense of unease, discomfort, or pain?" You can choose a persistent issue that has bothered you for years, or it may be something that has recently come up for you. While it's fine to focus on a chronic, physical disorder, don't approach this exercise as a cure - we're focusing on patterns of perception that encourage us to hold onto suffering.

Our biological rhythms are the symphony of the cosmos, music embedded deep within us to which we dance, even when we can't name the tune.

You can free yourself from aging by reinterpreting your body and by grasping the link between belief and biology.