Our hearts are being stretched to span the violence and the suffering in our lives and world, and at the same time we are also witness to so much magnificence and brilliance. We are a species that has produced nuclear weapons, and also one that has developed profound insight into the nature of life itself.

Our divine perfection - not registered by the physical eye but only by the heart’s knowing - is who we truly are. Our mortal imperfections - registered by the physical senses - are not who we truly are. Yet we keep trying, in love, to find each other’s perfection within the world of imperfection. And it simply is not there.

We are dominated on this planet by a fear-based rather than a love-based thought system. Enlightenment involves relinquishing the thought system based on fear and instead accepting a thought system based on love.

The universe is already programmed to give each of us a year of happiness. Our challenge lies in programming ourselves to receive it.

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

Increasing meaning and joy on the planet is the ultimate goal because within that space all evil is cast out.

If we only identify with the mortal world, then we identify with a level of scarcity and lack and brokenness, and that will be our experience.