I am a Westerner. We're not going to change the West by going East. The East has a lot to teach us, but essentially it's like a mirror, saying, hey, can't you see what's here in your own religion, what are you, stupid?

Political movements for justice are part of the fuller development of the cosmos, and nature is the matrix in which humans come to their self-awareness of their power to transform. Liberation movements are a fuller development of the cosmos's sense of harmony, balance, justice, and celebration. This is why true spiritual liberation demands rituals of cosmic celebrating and healing, which will in turn culminate in personal transformation and liberation.

The system is not working. That is how a paradigm shift begins: the established way of seeing the world no longer functions.

Prayer is essentially about making the heart strong so that fear cannot penetrate there.

If you look closely at a tree you'll notice it's knots and dead branches, just like our bodies. What we learn is that beauty and imperfection go together wonderfully.

To connect with the great river we all need a path, but when you get down there there's only one river.

Do not confuse beauty with beautiful. Beautiful is a human judgment. Beauty is All. The difference is everything.