I think the heartbreak of September 11 - America's grief not only over the loss of life but also the loss of our own innocence -has expanded us as people because it has tenderized our hearts. On a psychological level, the American people have matured as a result of that awful day.

Bless more; blame less.

Seek more opportunities to put more love in the world.

No matter what mistakes we might have made yesterday, today is the day we can retrieve our innocence.

I don't feel there is any spiritual or metaphysical justification for turning our backs on human suffering.

The mystical journey drives us into ourselves, to a sacred flame at our center.

The sense of endings as well as beginnings in the air is now so obvious in so many dimensions of our experience that a critical mass has been reached.