Forgiveness does not mean that we have to continue to relate to those who have done us harm. In some cases the best practice may be to end our connection, to never speak to or be with a harmful person again. Sometimes in the process of forgiveness a person who hurts or betrayed us may wish to make amends, but even this does not require us to put ourselves in the way of further harm.

How did we get into this funny-looking body that has a hole at one end in which we regularly stuff dead plants and animals? It's bizarre that we got here, incarnated into this world with these bodies.

Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control. We can love and care for others but we cannot possess our children, lovers, family, or friends. We can assist them, pray for them, and wish them well, yet in the end their happiness and suffering depend on their thoughts and actions, not on our wishes.

There is beauty to be found in the changing of the earth’s seasons, and an inner grace in honouring the cycles of life.

Nobody knows why they were born or where they come from.

A factor that greatly supports the opening of energy in practice is exercise and care of the physical body.

The willingness to empty ourselves and then seek our true nature is an expression of great and courageous love.