When you listen to the voice in your head, listen to it impartially. That is to say, do not judge. You'll soon realize: there is the voice, and here I am listening to it, watching it. This I am realization, this sense of your own presence, is not a thought. It arises from beyond the mind.

To recognize one's own insanity is, of course, the arising of sanity, the beginning of healing and transcendence.

Peace comes from being aligned with the present moment. Wherever you are, you feel that you are home—because you are home.

Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you are withholding from the world.

If you cannot be at ease with yourself when alone, you will seek a relationship to cover up your unease. You can be sure that the unease will then reappear in some other form within the relationship, and you will probably hold your partner responsible for it.

Unease, anxiety, tension, stress, worry

And so I came to understand why some masters sometimes say, "You are already enlightened."