In the eyes of the ego, self-esteem and humility are contradictory. In truth, they are one and the same.

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.

Enthusiasm is the power that transfers the mental blueprint into the physical dimension.

Enlightenment means rising above thought, not falling back to a level below thought, the level of an animal or a plant. In the enlightened state, you still use your thinking mind when needed, but in a much more focused and effective way than before.

The only thing that is ultimately real about your journey is the step that you are taking at this moment. That's all there ever is.

Surrender is the simple but profound wisdom of yielding to rather than opposing the flow of life.

In fact, people think you have to be stressed to be successful. They think if you are not stressed, something is wrong with you.