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

There is a wonderful ancient Sufi saying which I'm going to paraphrase slightly. It says, 'When the heart weeps for what it has lost,' in this case 'heart' means 'ego,' 'when the heart weeps for what it has lost, the spirit rejoices for what it has found.'

You are not separate from the whole. You are one with the sun, the earth, the air. You don’t have a life. You are life.

Just as the dog loves to chew bones, the human mind loves its problems.

Accept the present moment and find the perfection that is deeper than any form and untouched by time.

Then, if action is possible or necessary, you take action or rather right action happens through you. Right action is action that is appropriate to the whole. When the action is accomplished, the alert, spacious stillness remains.

Personally, I don't teach practices as such. The power of the teaching is sufficient without needing to go for any practice.