If you're a bit spongy, vulnerable to the unsettling energy of others, count yourself lucky. You've been given an incentive to armor up, to consciously screen out the ubiquitous stresses that afflict humanity.

Menders of all times and places have taught that silencing the thoughts in our heads and opening to the experience of the body and emotions is the basis of all healing. It's the only means by which we can reclaim our true nature or feel the subtle cues telling us how to find our way through life.

I really do think that any deep crisis is an opportunity to make your life extraordinary in some way.

You do not owe anyone your time. When you realize that, others will respect your time much more.

All religious leaders and spiritual teachers emphasize finding a place within us that is true. People who obsessively follow these leaders instead of their own purpose attach to the spiritual leader and become fanatical and controlling. That's why Jesus tried to tell his followers not to get attached to outward form.

The position that I take partly as a result of living in Asia is where you stop living according to your expectations and you become available to experience things as they are.

Stop trying to change your behavior; instead, rethink your beliefs