In fact, the collective energy field of presence can be very helpful when people come together. It can give you an enormous boost.

Observe your thoughts, don't believe them.

When you say, 'I enjoy doing this or that', it is really a misperception. It makes it appear that the joy comes from what you do, but that is not the case. Joy does not come from what you do, it flows into what you do and thus into this world from deep within you.

Stillness is the only thing in this world that has no form. But then, it is not really a thing, and it is not of this world.

When I'm with people, I'm a spiritual teacher. That's the function, but it's not my identity. The moment I'm alone, my deepest joy is to benobody, to relinquish the function of a teacher. It's a temporary function.

Humans are potentially capable of living in a state of consciousness compared to which normal wakefulness is like sleeping or dreaming.

Enlightenment means choosing to dwell in a state of presence rather than in time. It means saying yes to what is.