I feel that I need to return to the pure stillness periodically. And then, when the teaching happens, just allow it to arise out of the stillness. So the teaching and stillness are very closely connected. The teaching arises out of the stillness. But when I'm alone, there's only the stillness, and that is my favorite place.

Authentic human interactions become impossible when you lose yourself in a role.

If your relationship to the present moment is not right - nothing can ever be right in the future - because when the future comes - it's the present moment.

Once you have had a glimpse of awareness or Presence, you know it firsthand. It is no longer just a concept in your mind.

The fullness of life is only accessible in the present moment.

I sometimes say to people, "I am a window frame - no more. The window frame is not that important. What is important is the light that comes through the window.

People look to the future for salvation, but the future never arrives.