I never went out and said, "I want to do this." I never do that. I wait for things to come to me, either within or without, and I go along with it.

Knowing yourself is to be rooted in Being, instead of lost in your mind.

"I am the awareness that is aware that there is attachment." That's the beginning of the transformation of consciousness.

The first recognition of beauty was one of the most significant events in the evolution of human conciousness... seeing beauty in a flower could awaken humans, however briefly, to the beauty that is an essential part of their own innermost being, their true nature.

Whenever you meet anybody, it is a holy encounter. The primary event is the energy field of presence between you and the other human being that arises. You enjoy it. There is deep joy in the meeting.

You get there by realizing you are already there.

In the unawakened state you don't use thought, but thought uses you. You are, one could almost say, possessed by thought, which is the collective conditioning of the human mind that goes back many thousands of years. You don't see anything as it is, but distorted and reduced by mental labels, concepts, judgments, opinions and reactive patterns.