What Richard is talking about is instead admitting to the existence of negative thoughts, understanding where they came from and why they arrived, and then - with great forgiveness and fortitude - dismissing them.

It used to be that god was revealed in the wonders of nature; now God was being challenged by those same wonders. Scholars were now required to choose one side or the other.

What are you willing to give up, in order to become who you really need to be?

Yoga is the effort to experience one's divinity personally and then to hold on to that experience forever.

What worked yesterday doesn't always work today.

The problem, simply put, is that we cannot choose everything simultaneously. So we live in danger of becoming paralyzed by indecision, terrified that every choice might be the wrong choice.

Well, just remember--all your misery will be waiting for you at the door upon your exit, should you care to pick it up again when you leave.