The vital function that pets fulfill in this world hasn't been fully recognized. They keep millions of people sane.

Humanity as a whole has already gone through unimaginable suffering, mostly self-inflicted, the culmination of which was the 20th century with its unspeakable horrors. This collective suffering has brought upon a readiness in many human beings for the evolutionary leap that is spiritual awakening.

If you can get the inside right, the outside will fall into place.

You can't think about presence, and the mind can't understand it. Understanding presence is being present.

Stress is caused by being 'here' but wanting to be 'there'.

For many people, illness - loss of health - represents the crisis situation that triggers an awakening. With serious illness comes awareness of your own mortality, the greatest loss of all.

Awareness takes over from thinking. Instead of being in charge of your life, thinking becomes the servant of awareness.