"I am the awareness that is aware that there is attachment." That's the beginning of the transformation of consciousness.

One way to become aware many times during the day is to take a conscious breath. Doing so breaks the stream of thinking.

Emotion arises at the place where mind and body meet. It is the body's reaction to your mind - or you might say, a reflection of your mind in the body.

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

Choice implies consciousness - a high degree of consciousness. Without it, you have no choice. Choice begins the moment you disidentify from the mind and its conditioned patterns, the moment you become present....Nobody chooses dysfunction, conflict, pain. Nobody chooses insanity. They happen because there is not enough presence in you to dissolve the past, not enough light to dispel the darkness. You are not fully here. You have not quite woken up yet. In the meantime, the conditioned mind is running your life.

Thinking, or more precisely identification with thinking, gives rise to and maintains the ego, which, in our Western society in particular, is out of control. It believes it is real and tries hard to maintain its supremacy. Negative states of mind, such as anger, resentment, fear, envy, and jealousy, are products of the ego.

Peace comes from being aligned with the present moment. Wherever you are, you feel that you are home—because you are home.