Postpone result/solution thinking until later; it's through connection that solutions materialize - empathy before education.

To be able to hear our own feelings and needs and to empathize with them can free us from depression.

A second even more obvious sign is that the person will stop talking. If we are uncertain as to whether we have stayed long enough in the process, we can always ask, "Is there more that you wanted to say"?

When we have our consciousness on needs, images come to us, naturally, of how to meet those needs.

All people ever say is: THANK YOU (a celebration of life) and PLEASE (an opportunity to make life more wonderful).

Violence in any form is a tragic expression of our unmet needs.

The kind of spirituality I value is one in which you get great joy out of contributing to life, not just sitting and meditating, although meditation is certainly valuable. But from meditation, from the resulting consciousness, I would like to see people in action creating the world they want to live in.