I think that whatever we encounter in life, we want to encourage a balance between the mind and the soul...and that is to consider about 50% data from the mind and 50% data from the soul. This is what Buddhists call, "the middle way."

It is not for you to judge the journey of another's soul. It is for you to decide who YOU are, not who another has been or has failed to be.

Even our most difficult moments bring us gifts. The trick, of course, is gratitude. Therein will you find both your peace and your joy.

You don't want to know the Truth, you want to know the truth as you understand it. This is the greatest barrier to your enlightenment. You think you already know the truth! You think you already understand how it is. So you agree with everything you see or hear or read that falls into the paradigm of your understanding, and reject everything which does not.

Thought, word, and deed are the three levels of creation.

The patriarchal model of spirituality was, I think, a necessary step, as a baby learns to crawl before it walks.

And in which we say that life is eternal but continue to struggle to survive.