Under the obsessive thoughts and plans, under the emotions, positive and negative, there is an ocean of peace.

Under the obsessive thoughts and plans, under the emotions, positive and negative, there is an ocean of peace.

Self is not liberated. It was never bound. What gets liberated are the demons as well as gods of your mind. Set them free. You are sick of playing with the game. Be willing to not play the game. This takes huge resolve.

Recognize, you ARE Home. Not, you are 'at home'... you ARE Home. Not, you have 'come home'... you ARE Home. You are that which IS Home.

In a sacred moment, when attention is pulled inward, rather than continuing in its usual outward direction, silence is realized.

All of the searching, all of the struggling, all of the efforting to find your true self is naturally revealed in open, relaxed simplicity.

I'm a student of history and know that civilizations get lost - they are born and die - and so I recognize the tender mortality of our civilization. I'm not saying I'm separate from the despair of that, but I'm not controlled by the despair of that.