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

The questions asked at the end of lie are very simple ones: Did I love well? Did I love the people around me, my community, the earth, in a deep way? And perhaps, Did I live fully? Did I offer myself to life?

Since death will take us anyway, why live our life in fear? Why not die in our old ways and be free to live?

In the end, just three things matter: How well we have lived How well we have loved How well we have learned to let go

Though outer events may be difficult, the key to our happiness is how our mind responds to them.

If you put a spoonful of salt in a cup of water it tastes very salty. If you put a spoonful of salt in a lake of fresh water the taste is still pure and clear. Peace comes when our hearts are open like the sky, vast as the ocean.

Those who are Awake live in a state of constant amazement.