The fires of suffering become the light of consciousness.

Words that arise spontaneously out of the state of presence are charged with spiritual power: the power to awaken.

In a fully functional organism, an emotion has a very short life span. It is like a momentary ripple or wave on the surface of your Being.

When you can no longer feel the life that you are, you are likely to try to fill up your life with things.

Direct your attention inward. Have a look inside yourself. What kind of thoughts is your mind producing? What do you feel? Direct your attention into the body. Is there any tension? Once you detect that there is a low level of unease, the background static, see in what way you are avoiding, resisting, or denying life-by denying the Now.

Only if you resist what happens are you at the mercy of what happens, and the world will determine your happiness and unhappiness

Nothing out there will ever satisfy you except temporarily and superficially, but you may need to experience many disappointments before you realize that truth