Enlightened groups can exist, as long as the individuals' sense of identity is not derived from a mentally defined image of us.

Death is a stripping away of all that is not you. The secret of life is to "die before you die" --- and find that there is no death.

By watching the mechanics of the mind, you step out of its resistance patterns, and you can then allow the present moment to be.

Become an alchemist. Transmute base metal into gold, suffering into consciousness, disaster into enlightenment.

People always form images of who others are, and they can be inflated images.

True happiness is not related to external conditions but comes from the unconditioned.

Once there is a certain degree of Presence, of still and alert attention in human beings' perceptions, they can sense the divine life essence, the one indwelling consciousness or spirit in every creature, every life-form, recognize it as one with their own essence and so love it as themselves. Until this happens, however, most humans see only the outer forms, unaware of the inner essence, just as they are unaware of their own essence and identify only with their own physical and psychological form.