When you meet another human being, you meet the physical self, then you meet the psychological self that's behind it, which is their mental conditioning, their patterns of behavior and so on. And then, there is a deeper level to every human being that transcends all of that. I can only sense that in another human being and relate to another human being on that deeper level if I have gone deep enough within myself.

Words reduce reality to something the human mind can grasp, which isn’t very much.

If we don't change, if the egoic consciousness continues, I don't believe that humanity as a species can survive, or at least human civilization can survive, for another hundred years.

When the mind loses its density, you become translucent, like the flower. Spirit - the formless - shines through you into the world.

Memories are thoughts that arise. They're not realities. Only when you believe that they are real, then they have the power over you. But when you realize it's just another thought arising about the past, then you can have a spacious relationship with that thought. The thought no longer has you in its grip.

Negative states of mind, such as anger, resentment, fear, envy, and jealousy, are products of the ego.

The light is too painful for someone who wants to remain in darkness.