At the heart of each spiritual tradition is the question of how to be in the world without losing what matters, and whether living an awakened life is of any use if we don't bring what matters to bear on the world.

Keeping a commitment to listening has led me to my own growth, beyond any imagined dreams I may have had throughout the years.

My own time on earth has led me to believe in two powerful instruments that turn experience into love: holding and listening. For every time I have held or been held, every time I have listened or been listened to, experience burns like wood in that eternal fire, and I find myself in the presence of love. This has always been so.

Part of the blessing and challenge of being human is that we must discover our own true nature.

Each soul on earth is complete unto itself.

We are love. But in an everyday setting we have to make choices. We have limits. We can love everyone and we can't love everyone.

Birds learn how to fly, never knowing where flight will take them.