The focusing of attention on the breath is perhaps the most universal of the many hundreds of meditation subjects used worldwide.

No amount of meditation, yoga, diet, and reflection will make all of our problems go away, but we can transform our difficulties into our practice until little by little they guide us on our way.

We need energy, commitment, and courage not to run from our life nor to cover it over with any philosophy—material or spiritual.

Everyone and everything is in some degree or other our teacher.

We as human beings have the amazing capacity to be reborn at breakfast everyday and say, “This is a new day.”

Taking the one seat describes two related aspects of spiritual work. Outwardly, it means selecting one practice and teacher among all the possibilities, and inwardly, it means having the determination to stick with that practice through whatever difficulties and doubts arise until you have come to true clarity and understanding.

It is possible to speak with our heart directly. Most ancient cultures know this. We can actually converse with our heart as if it were a good friend. In modern life we have become so busy with our daily affairs and thoughts that we have lost this essential art of taking time to converse with our heart.