The harder we look at our aches and ailments, the more we will be startled by the painful truths they are trying to convey about our dangerously disembodied way of life.

An addiction is anything we do to avoid hearing the messages that body and soul are trying to send us.

If we could allow the pace of our meetings to slow down to the pace of our hearts, we might find genuine understanding.

A life that is truly lived is constantly burning away the veils of illusion, gradually revealing the essence of the individual.

It is amazing that our souls - our eternal essences, with all their hopes and dreams and visions of an eternal world - are contained within these temporal bodies. No wonder suffering is part of the human condition.

But if you travel far enough, one day you will recognize yourself coming down to meet yourself. And you will say - yes.

This is your body, your greatest gift, pregnant with wisdom you do not hear, grief you thought was forgotten, and joy you have never known.