So it is that a new politics centers around the arousal of that power, using prayer and meditation to create a force field of transformation.

We shouldn’t come up with a pseudo-spiritual excuse for turning away from the pain of the world.

The only way the past can drag you back is if you choose to bring it with you into the present.

You must master a new way to think, before you can master a new way to be.

Beyond drama and chaos, beyond anxiety and fear, lies a zone of endless peace and love. Let's all take a very deep breath, slow down for just a moment and remember this. That alone will open the door.

Until we get to the point where we've had enough of things that hurt and long more than anything for a peaceful love, we are bound to take painful roads. We are destined to play out our frivolous disasters until we declare ourselves finished and done with them. How much pain do we have to suffer before we are sure we want no more? As much, it seems, as we have to until we don't.

The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.