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

The knowledge of the past stays with us. To let go is to release the images and emotions, the grudges and fears, the clingings and disappointments of the past that bind our spirit.

At the end of our life our questions are simple: Did I live fully? Did I love well?

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?

Yes, there are troubles in the world. There's war and hatred, there's sickness and difficulty. And there is also an undying spirit, an inviolable consciousness that is born in each of us. It is who we are, and it's everything and it's nothing.

As we learn to bow, we discover that the heart holds more freedom and compassion than we could imagine.

When we struggle to change ourselves we, in fact, only continue the patterns of self-judgement and aggression. We keep the war against ourselves alive.