The future is only a thought form. Work with the present moment. Be with what is.

You need to learn to be with the suffering that inevitably arises in your life.

Of course, most of the people in this world are stressed, and most of those who are not stressed are totally bored!

It's interesting that stepping out of thought was actually triggered by a thought.

Life always is now, but the form the now takes changes continuously. Most people equate the form the now takes with the now itself, and so they believe there are many different moments.

I feel that I need to return to the pure stillness periodically. And then, when the teaching happens, just allow it to arise out of the stillness. So the teaching and stillness are very closely connected. The teaching arises out of the stillness. But when I'm alone, there's only the stillness, and that is my favorite place.

People always form images of who others are, and they can be inflated images. People may not realize that the enormous energy and spiritual power that comes through a teacher, especially in a teaching situation, has nothing to do with that person.