We are a species that has lost its way. Everything natural, every flower or tree, and every animal have important lessons to teach us if we would only stop, look, and listen.

Suppression of the feminine principal has enabled The Ego to gain absolute supremacy in the collective human psyche

"Getting away from it all," many people want that, and of course ultimately the only way to get away from it all is to go within, now.

To the ego, the present moment hardly exists. Only past and future are considered important. This total reversal of the truth accounts for the fact that in the ego mode the mind is so dysfunctional. It is always concerned with keeping the past alive, because without it - who are you?

Worry means the mind is controlling you. Worry is always pointless. A solution never comes out of worry.

Acceptance means: For now, this is what this situation, this moment, requires me to do, and so I do it willingly.

Teaching a practice can also be a hindrance if it becomes one's identity. To be a spiritual teacher is a temporary function. I'm a spiritual teacher when somebody comes to me and some teaching happens, but the moment they leave I'm no longer a spiritual teacher. If I carry the identity of spiritual teacher, it will cause suffering.