Discipline is a difficult word for most of us. It conjures up images of somebody standing over you with a stick, telling you that you're wrong. But self-discipline is different. It's the skill of seeing through the hollow shouting of your own impulses and piercing their secret.

You can't make radical changes in the pattern of your life until you see yourself exactly as you are now. As soon as you do that changes will flow naturally.

The Buddha's message was simple but profound. Neither a life of self-indulgence nor one of self-mortification can bring happiness. Only a middle path, avoiding these two extremes, leads to peace of mind, wisdom, & complete liberation from the dissatisfactions of life.

No problem. You are not crazier than you were yesterday. It has always been this way, and you just never noticed.

The process of becoming who you will be begins first with the total acceptance of who you are.

Peace is not a thought, not a concept; it is a nonverbal experience.

Watch the functioning of your own mind in a calm and detached manner so you can gain insight into your own behavior.