Forgiveness ... is the finishing of old business that allows us to experience the present, free of contamination from the past.

Forgiveness entails the authentic acceptance of our own worthiness as human beings, the understanding that mistakes are opportunities for growth, awareness and the cultivation of compassion, and the realization that the extension of love to ourselves and others is the glue that holds the universe together. Forgiveness...is not a set of behaviors, but an attitude.

A mystic sees beyond the illusion of separateness into the intricate web of life in which all things are expressions of a single Whole. You can call this web "God, the Tao, the Great Spirit, the Infinite Mystery, Mother or Father," but it can be known only as love.

True peacefulness comes from abandoning the illustion that satisfying desires brings pleasure.

Forgiveness ... is the finishing of old business that allows us to experience the present, free of contamination from the past.

If we believe that the universe is unfriendly and that our very souls are in danger, peace will be elusive at best.

The stereotype of aging as a progressive loss of function is generally true only for people who stop functioning.