The greater part of human pain is unnecessary. It is self-created as long as the unobserved mind runs your life.

The vital function that pets fulfill in this world hasn't been fully recognized. They keep millions of people sane.

When you awaken spiritually, in fact, you can use thought much more effectively than before, but you realize there is a depth to your Being, a vibrantly alive stillness that is much vaster than thought. It is consciousness itself, of which the thinking mind is only a tiny aspect.

The world is in such a mess because of the continuous conflict that arises between human beings - not only between individuals but between tribes and nations and this group and that group and so on. But change can come in only when people start with themselves.

In fact, the collective energy field of presence can be very helpful when people come together. It can give you an enormous boost.

If peace is really what you want, then you will choose peace.

The moment that judgement stops through acceptance of what it is, you are free of the mind. You have made room for love, for joy, for peace.