It is when we are trapped in incessant streams of compulsive thinking that the universe really disintegrates for us, and we lose the ability to sense the interconnectedness of all that exists.

When there's somebody there who is transparent enough so that the stillness comes through unhindered, there's a reciprocal movement in you because the presence of stillness suddenly recognizes itself.

When you complain, you make yourself a victim. When you speak out, you are in power.

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.

Become an alchemist. Transmute base metal into gold, suffering into consciousness, disaster into enlightenment.

Presence is a state of inner spaciousness

The other person's presence ultimately is the same as your presence, because it is in presence that there is true meeting.