Enlightenment means choosing to dwell in a state of presence rather than in time. It means saying yes to what is.

Things and conditions can give you pleasure but they cannot give you joy- joy arises from within.

Pick up any history book, and I suggest you begin with studying the 20th century, and you will find that a large part of the history of our species has all the characteristics we would normally associate with a nightmare or an insane hallucination.

When this delusion of utter separateness underlies and governs whatever I think, say, and do, what kind of world do I create?

Nations consist of individuals. It is for every individual to bring in a different quality - the quality of awakened consciousness - into their lives.

Everything is shown up by being exposed to the light, and whatever is exposed to the light itself becomes light.

Those who have not found their true wealth, which is the radiant joy of Being and the deep, unshakable peace that comes with it, are beggars, even if they have great material wealth.