Meditation practice is like piano scales, basketball drills, ballroom dance class. Practice requires discipline; it can be tedious; it is necessary. After you have practiced enough, you become more skilled at the art form itself. You do not practice to become a great scale player or drill champion. You practice to become a musician or athlete. Likewise, one does not practice meditation to become a great meditator. We meditate to wake up and live, to become skilled at the art of living.

What wants to live in you may be waiting...at the end of a long loneliness.

If you have fathered a child, if you have given birth, if sex is a source of healthy pleasure, thank your pelvis and your reproductive organs for allowing you to feel the creative rhythms of life.

When we slow down, quiet the mind, and allow ourselves to feel hungry for something that we do not understand, we are dipping into the abundant well of spiritual longing.

I'm very committed to my family and my town. My biggest local commitment are my children, my husband, my home and my grandchildren.

See what's happening to our sisters around the world. I'm very interested in the protection of women globally.

It is such a teaching in itself for us, all of us, every moment when we're with anyone.