Pain is the fuel that lights the flame of our enlightenment

Worry pretends to be necessary but serves no useful purpose

It seems that most people need to experience a great deal of suffering before they will relinquish resistance and accept - before they will forgive.

Often suffering is the trigger, or a spiritual teaching, or both. Call it readiness, or grace. This is the beginning of the awakening process.

The sun never sets. It is only an appearance due to the observer's limited perspective. And yet, what a sublime illusion it is.

Whenever you step out of the noise of thinking, that is meditation, and a different state of consciousness arises.

Focus attention on the feeling inside you. Know that it is the pain-body. Accept that it is there. Don't think about it - don't let the feeling turn into thinking. Don't judge or analyze. Don't make an identity for yourself out of it. Stay present, and continue to be the observer of what is happening inside you. Become aware not only of the emotional pain but also of "the one who observes," the silent watcher. This is the power of the Now, the power of your own conscious presence. Then see what happens.