As desire abates, generosity is born. When we are connected and present, what else is there to do but give?

We each need to make our lion's roar - to persevere with unshakable courage when faced with all manner of doubts and sorrows and fears - to declare our right to awaken.

It is possible to speak with our heart directly. Most ancient cultures know this. We can actually converse with our heart as if it were a good friend. In modern life we have become so busy with our daily affairs and thoughts that we have lost this essential art of taking time to converse with our heart.

Weigh the true advantages of forgiveness and resentment to the heart. Then choose.

Since death will take us anyway, why live our life in fear? Why not die in our old ways and be free to live?

An honorable spiritual practice recognizes the losses we have suffered, tells our story, and sheds our tears to free us from the past.

It is the basic principle of spiritual life that we learn the deepest things in unknown territory. Often it is when we feel most confused inwardly and are in the midst of our greatest difficulties that something new will open. We awaken most easily to the mystery of life through our weakest side. The areas of our greatest strength, where we are the most competent and clearest, tend to keep us away from the mystery.