The pain itself is a product or a reflection of how I am interpreting whatever it is that is causing me pain.

It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.

Behind every dark cloud there is an every-shining sun. Just wait. In time, the cloud will pass.

Once we truly understand that God's will is that we be happy, we no longer feel the need to ask for anything other than that God's will be done.

Judaism, Christianity, and I'm sure other religions also, are having to deal with the fact that they may or may not have lived up at all times to the injunctions of their own mystical center. For instance, when I went to Sunday school, I remember learning more about Jewish history than about God. So, once again, that doesn't mean there's anything wrong with the Jewish religion, it just means that sometimes people are not fed the mystical food - the spiritual food - of their own religious background.

Relationships are eternal. The 'separation' is another chapter in the relationship. Often, letting go of the old form of the relationship becomes a lesson in pure love much deeper than any would have learned had the couple stayed together.

The key to intimacy is the commitment to honesty and to the radical forgiveness necessary in order for honesty to be safe.