Often we don't change because we're afraid of what might happen. We cling to what we recognize, even if we are steeped in suffering.

Initially when our foundations are rocked, when we lose our external security, we feel very fragile. In that moment, we have a choice. Am I the Phoenix and rise from the ashes or do I just keep wallowing in the ashes?

What I teach is how to go inside and reach that place I call "love consciousness." This is a place of peace and joy that is within all humans.

There's a part of us that is addicted to suffering, that equates love with suffering.

I lost everything. When I was 28 years old, I lost my home, my job, my partner. I had many people die in my life. I felt like a total victim.

You can have all the external experiences but you have to be the love first.

By losing my external things, I found myself. I found something very powerful, very permanent, that I could have with me all the time.