So far for humans it has been the case that ego develops and then humans are stuck with it for the rest of their lives.

In fact every belief is an obstacle. It does not even require your realization, since you are already who you are. But without realization, who you are does not shine forth into this world. It remains in the unmanifested which is, of course, your true home. You are then like an apparently poor person who does not know he has a bank account with $100 million in it and so his wealth remains an unexpressed potential

The more shared past there is in a relationship, the more present you need to be.

Acceptance of the unacceptable is the greatest source of grace in this world.

Since ancient times the term awakening has been used as a kind of metaphor that points to the transformation of human consciousness. There are parables in the New Testament that speak of the importance of being awake, of not falling back to sleep.

I had been anxious and depressed for years and suddenly I was deeply at peace.

The fires of suffering become the light of consciousness.