Just as the dog loves to chew bones, the human mind loves its problems.

Surrender is surrender to this moment, not to a story through which you interpret this moment and then try to resign yourself to it.

When you wash your hands, when you make a cup of coffee, when you're waiting for the elevator - instead of indulging in thinking, these are all opportunities for being there as a still, alert presence.

Every being is a spark of the Divine, or God. Look into the eyes of the dog and sense that innermost core. When you are present, you can sense the spirit, the one consciousness, in every creature and love it as yourself.

You find peace not by rearranging the circumstances of your life, but by realizing who you are at the deepest level.

The reality is there is only each present moment: You are called to give a talk. You get out of a building and into a car. You look out of the window. You arrive at the venue. You sit in the chair; you wait; you step out onto the stage. Every movement is simple. There is only that.

Awareness is the greatest agent for change.