I read that Buddha was able to see all of his past lives, and I realized the only way any of these people could do that is by being outside of time.

We all get out, maybe for longer than we wish, because we all pass this mortal coil more or less and so we certainly get a chance to experience it again, and we've experienced it before we were born. So it's more or less our natural place of being, unless you believe that the only time you're conscious is when you're alive.

Certainly in terms of technology, it's made a tremendous impact, but medicine is still within the realm of what we might call "objective" science. It's still part of the objective way of looking at the world.

The place where...knowledge occurs is the present. That which recognizes the present is mind.

The real alchemy is transforming the base self into gold or into spiritual awareness. That's really what new alchemy's all about.

Asking yourself deeper questions opens up new ways of being in the world. It brings in a breath of fresh air. It makes life more joyful. The real trick to life is not to be in the know, but to be in the mystery.

In very subtle ways, how we regard ourselves and others continually changes us into something new.