We are destined not to go back to the level of animals that we've come from but to return to being by going beyond thinking.

There is only one perpetrator of evil on the planet: human unconsciousness. That realization is true forgiveness. With forgiveness, your victim identity dissolves, and your true power emerges--the power of Presence. Instead of blaming the darkness, you bring in the light.

Every challenge takes you a little deeper and awakens you again and again. Without the challenges, you probably would go to back to sleep. The challenges keep you awake.

Presence remains even amidst worldly activities. Stillness is there even when you're doing something quickly, like rushing to answer the phone. Otherwise you would be condemned to moving in slow motion.

Just as the dog loves to chew bones, the human mind loves its problems.

Acceptance means: For now, this is what this situation, this moment, requires me to do, and so I do it willingly.

Music is a wonderful way of getting in touch with the stillness within.