Every individual in the world has a unique contribution.

The unawakened mind tends to make war against the way things are. To follow a path with heart, we must understand the whole process of making war within ourselves and without, how it begins and how it ends. War’s roots are in ignorance. Without understanding we can easily become frightened by life’s fleeting changes, the inevitable losses, disappointments, the insecurity of our aging and death. Misunderstanding leads us to fight against life, running from pain or grasping at security and pleasures that by their nature can never be satisfying.

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

In the crystal of the awakened consciousness, one facet is love.

The present moment is really all that we have. The only place you can really love another person is in the present. Love in the past is a memory. Love in the future is a fantasy. To be really alive, love - or any other experience - must take place in the present.

Without being aware of it, you take many things as being your identity: your body, your race, your beliefs, your thoughts.

Great pain, when it is honored from the heart, opens into great understanding.