Letting go is not the same as aversion, struggling to get rid of something. We cannot genuinely let go of what we resist. What we resist and fear secretly follows us even as we push it away. To let go of fear or trauma, we need to acknowledge just how it is. We need to feel it fully and accept that it is so. It is as it is. Letting go begins with letting be.

Be mindful of intention. Intention is the seed that creates our future.

Yet I knew that spiritual practice is impossible without great dedication, energy, and commitment.

A second quality of mature sirituality is kindness. It is based on a fundamental notion of self-acceptance.

Whatever we cultivate in times of ease, we gather as strength for times of change.

There are many ways up the mountain and each of us must choose a practice that feels true to our heart.

In our charade with ourselves we pretend that our war is not really war. We have changed the name of the War Department to the Defense Department and call a whole class of nuclear missiles Peace Keepers!