Given how deeply the ways of war have penetrated our collective consciousness, it will take spiritual power to turn the issue around.

To me, everything happening inside of us is political.

The soul force we need in America today, more than any other, is the spirit of atonement. We need to humble ourselves before God and ask forgiveness for the things we have done wrong. We need to ask God to forgive us for our arrogance.

The love is real in any situation; everything else is just an illusion.

Angry people cannot create a peaceful planet

People on a spiritual path - personal growth, spiritual practice, recovery, yoga and so forth - are the last people who should be sitting out the social and political issues of our day. And there’s an important reason for this: People on such journeys are adepts at change. They know that the mechanics of the heart and mind are the fundamental drivers of transformation.

We arrogantly assume that the nervous system doesn't really need to be coaxed into romance. That romance comes from some other place.