The greatest achievement of humanity is not its works of art, science, or technology, but the recognition of its own dysfunction.

The moment you become aware of the silence, you also have become silent.

Life is your deepest inner Being. It is already whole, complete, perfect.

When you recognize this, you also realize that you are now free to give up this futile conflict, this inner state of war.

I drink a glass of wine or two occasionally with dinner. 'You drink alcohol?!' Well, if my state of consciousness is so fragile that a glass of wine would upset it, then it can't be worth very much.

Go within. Use the inner body as a starting point for going deeper and taking your attention away from where it's usually lodged, in the thinking mind.

A true spiritual teacher does not have anything to teach in the conventional sense of the word, does not have anything to give or add to you, such as new information, beliefs, or rules of conduct. The only function of such a teacher is to help you remove that which separates you from the truth of who you already are and what you already know in the depth of your being