The ego says, ‘I shouldn’t have to suffer,’ and that thought makes you suffer so much more. It is a distortion of the truth, which is always paradoxical. The truth is that you need to say yes to suffering before you can transcend it.

Be alert and present and see that your identity is not from your past story; who you truly are is the alert presence that is inseparable from the present moment. You are this, which has no name and no form.

When someone becomes transparent, then something shines through that person that has nothing to do with the person or any of his or her personal history. What is required is becoming so transparent that the self or ego dissolves.

There is no separation between being and the manifested world, between the manifested and the unmanifested. But the unmanifested is so much vaster, deeper, and greater than what happens in the manifested.

When you are aligned with the now internally, when you take responsibility for this moment, then life is helpful and tends to bring you what you need.

The foundation of greatness is honoring the small things of the present moment, instead of pursuing the idea of greatness.

Many things in your life matter, but only one thing matters absolutely.. It is finding the essence of who you are.