The way I feel is that there is a balance in my life between being alone and interacting with people, between Being and doing.

When you surrender to what is and so become fully present, the past ceases to have any power. You do not need it anymore. Presence is the key. Now is the key.

When there's a teacher who embodies presence, then it seems to come for a while through that opening. The teacher is an opening to presence.

Stop looking outside for scraps of pleasure or fulfillment, for validation, security, or love - you have a treasure within that is infinitely greater than anything the world can offer.

The most rigid structures, the most impervious to change, will collapse first.

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.'

If your relationship to the present moment is not right - nothing can ever be right in the future - because when the future comes - it's the present moment.