Oprah [Winfrey] and I share a similar consciousness of spirit that is manifested in what some may call God or simply Spirit but others call it the Godhead manifestation of karmic virtue.

To do everything in a sacred manner means to do everything fully in the state of presence.

Everything flows with much greater ease when people live as one with the present moment.

Very unconscious people experience their own ego through its reflection in others. When you realize that what you react to in others is also in you (and sometimes only in you), you begin to become aware of your own ego.

When you are in the present moment, you break the continuity of your story, of past and future. Then true intelligence arises, and also love.

The ego wants to want more than it wants to have.

The word Buddha comes from the Sanskrit word Budh, meaning, to be awake. So Buddha is not a name and ultimately not a person, but a state of consciousness.