every complaint is a little story the mind makes up that you completely believe in.

You are not seeking to attain some future state. That is the fallacy of many spiritual seekers. They have an image of some state - enlightenment, or whatever they call it - they want to achieve.

I sometimes get a distorted view of how quickly humans are evolving, because I meet many people who are evolving beyond ego. Then I have to switch on the TV to realize, "Oh, no, it is not happening to everybody yet." But it is happening.

One way of pointing to this realization is, when you think you have big problems, ask yourself, "What problem do I have at this moment?" Usually, you will find that you don't have a problem at this moment because you're sitting here and you're breathing, you're looking out the window, and it's fine.

The future does not exist, because nobody has ever experienced it. You can only ever experience a present moment.

Music is a wonderful way of getting in touch with the stillness within.

The egoic madness, or dysfunction, becomes enormously amplified by the science and technology we all have developed.