Every practice at some point will become a hindrance. No practice can ever take you there, to freedom, to liberation. That's important to realize.

Ego means self-identification with thinking, to be trapped in thought, which means to have a mental image of "me" based on thought and emotions. So ego is there in the absence of a witnessing presence.

Become friendly with the present moment, because if you do not become friendly with the present moment you cannot become friendly with life.

A huge number of people are going through the process of awakening, some in the early stages, some in later stages, and it's wonderful to see.

By watching the mechanics of the mind, you step out of its resistance patterns, and you can then allow the present moment to be.

If there isn't an emanation of love and joy, complete presence and openness toward all beings, then it is not enlightenment.

When each thought absorbs your attention completely, it means you identify with the voice in your head. Thought then becomes invested with a sense of self. This is the ego, a mind-made "me." That mentally constructed self feels incomplete and precarious. That's why fearing and wanting are its predominant emotions and motivating forces.