The aim of spiritual life is to awaken a joyful freedom, a benevolent and compassionate heart in spite of everything.

What would we have to hold in compassion to be at peace right now? What would we have to let go of to be at peace right now?

It is our commitment to wholeness that matters, the willingness to unfold in every deep aspect of our being.

Beneath the sophistication of Buddhist psychology lies the simplicity of compassion. We can touch into this compassion whenever the mind is quiet, whenever we allow the heart to open.

A second quality of mature sirituality is kindness. It is based on a fundamental notion of self-acceptance.

In the end, just three things matter: How well we have lived How well we have loved How well we have learned to let go

As we encounter new experiences with a mindful and wise attention, we discover that one of three things will happen to our new experience: it will go away, it will stay the same, or it will get more intense. whatever happens does not really matter.