Having a studio tell you when to jump and how high eight months of the year for six years is not a relationship I want to get into again.

Sustainability is another word for justice, for what is just is sustainable and what is unjust is not.

Our self-expression is meant to be a manifestation of the silence of our hearts.

Healthy mysticism praises acts of letting go, of being emptied, of getting in touch with the space inside and expanding this until it merges with the space outside. Space meeting space; empty pouring into empty. Births happen from that encounter with emptiness, nothingness. . . . Let us not fight emptiness and nothingness, but allow it to penetrate us even as we penetrate it.

Pain destroys the illusions of false, that is, elitist pleasures. It burns from the inside out. It, therefore, sensitizes us to what is truly beautiful in life.

A job is something we do to get a paycheck and pay our bills. Jobs are legitimate, at times, but work is why we are here in the universe. Work and calling often go together.

Having a studio tell you when to jump and how high eight months of the year for six years is not a relationship I want to get into again.