We can't escape from the world anymore; we can't escape from the mind. We need to enter surrender while we are in the world. That seems to be the path that is effective in the world that we live in now.

Stress is caused by being 'here' but wanting to be 'there'.

The reason why the romantic love relationship is such an intense and universally sought-after experience is that it seems to offer liberation from a deep-seated state of fear, need, lack, and incompleteness that is part of the human condition in its unredeemed and unenlightened state.

For spiritual teachers, it is important not to identify with the image people inevitably have of them.

Stillness is your essential nature.

The animals are at a level prior to thinking. They haven't lost themselves in thought. We rise above thinking and then we meet them again, where we're both in no-thought. There's a deep connection.

Thinking is no more than a tiny aspect of the totality of consciousness, the totality of who you are.