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 know that if we allow ourselves into the gridlock of tribalism, we're in trouble.

We don't need anymore empowered people who are all about the ego.

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.

Each one of us regardless of our situation, is in our search of our most authentic, vital, generous and wise self.

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