First we forgive ourselves, then we forgive others and life itself.

The person who takes the first step in a conflict toward the other, those are brave people.

But when I learned about the dangers of rejection or attack, I thought, it's time to change this. What if we faced any pain we had caused each other and, instead of rejection or attack, could we listen? Could we forgive? Could we merge?

Every day we're given a choice: We can relax and float in the direction that the water flows, or we can swim hard against it. If we go with the river, the energy of a thousand mountain streams will be with us . . . if we resist the river, we will feel rankled and tired as we tread water, stuck in the same place.

There is no one alive who has not wanted to go back to sleep.

I believe that educating people to awaken into full consciousness is the most important thing we can do.

Don't persuade, defend or interrupt. Be curious, be conversational, be real. And listen.