Most people think that to meditate, I should feel a particular special something, and if I don't, then I must be doing something wrong.

It is indeed a radical act of love just to sit down and be quiet for a time by yourself.

Meditation is the only intentional, systematic human activity which at bottom is about not trying to improve yourself or get anywhere else, but simply to realize where you already are.

The real meditation practice is how we live our lives from moment to moment to moment.

The real meditation is how you live your life.

Mindfulness is a way to rebalance ourselves. Instead of being lost in thought, or caught up in emotional upheaval, we can tip the scale in the direction of greater equanimity, clarity, wisdom, and self-compassion by actually learning how to inhabit that other dimension of our being.

But you cannot have harmony without a commitment to ethical behavior. It's the fence that keeps out the goats that will eat all the young shoots in your garden.