I'm not a doom-and-gloom person. But I think there is a difference between transcendence and denial, and much of the Western world is in major denial today.

The goal of spiritual practice is full recovery, and the only thing you need to recover from is a fractured sense of self.

There is no way that carrying fifty or sixty extra pounds is easy on your heart, your lungs, or your liver. That's a fact. Every person in the world, no matter what size, shape, or form they are, deserves respect and love. But that doesn't mean we are supposed to pretend that something is healthy when in fact it is not.

You don't need a new life, just a new lens through which to view the one you have.

Every change is a challenge to become who we really are.

I'm not bowled over by how different all the world's religions are - I'm bowled over by how similar they are.

Our deepest need is to be seen.