Loss of meaning is often part of the suffering that comes with physical loss, but it can also happen to people who have gained everything the world has to offer - who have made it in the eyes of the world - and suddenly find that their success or possessions are empty and unfulfilling.

A true spiritual teacher does not have anything to teach in the conventional sense of the word, does not have anything to give or add to you, such as new information, beliefs, or rules of conduct. The only function of such a teacher is to help you remove that which separates you from the truth of who you already are and what you already know in the depth of your being

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

When you are present, you can allow the mind to be as it is without getting entangled in it.

"Getting away from it all," many people want that, and of course ultimately the only way to get away from it all is to go within, now.

Here is a new spiritual practice for you: don't take your thoughts too seriously.

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.