Anything that you resent and strongly react to in another is also in you.

The more you are focused on time-past and future-the more you miss the Now, the most precious thing there is.

Become friendly with the present moment, because if you do not become friendly with the present moment you cannot become friendly with life.

The modalities of awakened doing are acceptance, enjoyment, and enthusiasm. Each one represents a certain vibrational frequency of consciousness. You need to be vigilant to make sure that one of them operates whenever you are engaged in doing anything at all – from the most simple task to the most complex.

That is the challenge of a spiritual teacher: not to take on board the projections of specialness people have. This is especially dangerous for spiritual teachers who only have contact with disciples or followers, who may live in an ashram.

For spiritual teachers, it is important not to identify with the image people inevitably have of them.

The fires of suffering become the light of consciousness.