It is a form of violence, to not see a being for who he or she really is. You think, "Oh, that's my son." But the lens, "my son," completely obliterates the multi- dimensions of that being. Maybe you only see your disappointments in that child, or you aspirations for that child, but that's not the child.

Simply put, mindfulness is moment-to-moment non-judgmental awareness.

A lot of harm has come in all eras from people attached to one view of spiritual “truth.”

If we hope to go anywhere or develop ourselves in any way, we can only step from where we are standing. If we don't really know where we are standing... We may only go in circles.

Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.

Healing is a coming to terms with things as they are, rather than struggling to force them to be as they once were, or as we would like them to be, to feel secure or to have what we sometimes think of as our own way.

If we are honest with ourselves, most of us will have to admit that we live out our lives in an ocean of fear.