The word enlightenment conjures up the idea of some superhuman accomplishment, and the ego likes to keep it that way, but it is simply your natural state of felt oneness with Being. It is a state of connectedness with something immeasurable and indestructible, something that, almost paradoxically, is essentially you and yet is much greater than you. It is finding your true nature beyond name and form.

This is my secret," he said. "I don't mind what happens.

That is the real spiritual awakening, when something emerges from within you that is deeper than who you thought you were. So, the person is still there, but one could almost say that something more powerful shines through the person.

A short attention span makes all of your perceptions and relationships shallow and unsatisfying.

Surrender is the inner transition from resistance to acceptance, from no to yes.

Words that arise spontaneously out of the state of presence are charged with spiritual power: the power to awaken.

I'm grateful for always this moment, the now, no matter what form it takes.