Some people get attached to their practice. They get good at it, but even becoming a good meditator can become a hindrance.

Attention is the key to transformation- and full attention also implies acceptance.

If the only teacher you have is your suffering, you will need a substantial dose of it for the ego to dissolve. But if the power of spiritual teaching is already at work, then a minor event can dissolve the ego.

You get there by realizing you are already there.

As a child, a person builds up an egoic sense - the child has a name, has an "I," has a mind. But then, to awaken, a person needs to completely transcend that sense of ego.

Thought alone cannot recognize spiritual truths no matter how highly developed thought is. It's impossible.

The only thing you ever have is now.