Intelligence is the door to freedom and alert attention is the mother of intelligence.

From the point of view of the meditative traditions the entire society is suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

"What is my job on the planet?" is one question we might do well to ask ourselves over and over again. Otherwise, we may wind up doing somebody else's job and not even know it. And what's more, that somebody else might be a figment of our own imagination, and maybe a prisoner of it as well.

Breathing is central to every aspect of meditation training. It's a wonderful place to focus in training the mind to be calm and concentrated.

When you pay attention to boredom it gets unbelievably interesting.

Dying without actually fully living, without waking up to our lives while we have the chance, is an ongoing and significant risk.

Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.