The first level of practice is illuminated by the qualities of courage and renunciation.

We are awakened to the profound realization that the true path to liberation is to let go of everything.

We must look at our life without sentimentality, exaggeration or idealism. Does what we are choosing reflect what we most deeply value?

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?

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

You hold in your hand an invitation: to remember the transforming power of forgiveness and loving kindness. To remember that no matter where you are and what you face, within your heart peace is possible.

In the end, forgiveness simply means never putting another person out of our heart.