Death is a stripping away of all that is not you. The secret of life is to "die before you die" --- and find that there is no death.

Some people say it is hard to live in such a way, being completely one with the present moment. Of course, it is not hard. The opposite is hard. Not being one with life is hard, and that is how most people live.

The state of presence is the only state in which creative energy is available to you.

Pain is the fuel that lights the flame of our enlightenment

When you look at a tree and perceive its stillness, you become still yourself. You connect with it at a very deep level. You feel a oneness with whatever you perceive in and through stillness.

Whenever anything negative happens to you, there is a deep lesson concealed within it, although you may not see it at the time

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