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.

Many people can listen to their cat more intelligently than they can listen to their own despised body. Because they attend to their pet in a cherishing way, it returns their love. Their body, however, may have to let out an earth-shattering scream in order to be heard at all.

The longing for sweets is really a yearning for love or sweetness.

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

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

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.

At the very point of vulnerability is where the surrender takes place-that is where the god enters. The god comes through the wound.