It is the place of feeling that binds us or frees us.

Though outer events may be difficult, the key to our happiness is how our mind responds to them.

To see the preciousness of all things, we must bring our full attention to life

We do not have to improve ourselves; we just have to let go of what blocks our heart.

Where we tended to be judgmental, we became more judgmental of ourselves in our spiritual practice.

We don't know all the reasons that propel us on a spiritual journey, but somehow our life compels us to go.

One day Mara, the Buddhist god of ignorance and evil, was traveling through the villages of India with his attendants. He saw a man doing walking meditation whose face was lit up in wonder. The man had just discovered something on the ground in front of him. Mara's attendants asked what that was and Mara replied, "A piece of truth." "Doesn't this bother you when someone finds a piece of the truth, O evil one?" his attendants asked. "No," Mara replied. "Right after this they usually make a belief out of it."