To take care of the environment, we must first take care of the environmentalist.

With mindfulness, you can establish yourself in the present in order to touch the wonders of life that are available in that moment.

There are some people who eat an orange but don't really eat it. They eat their sorrow, fear, anger, past, and future.

The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life.

Anger is like a storm rising up from the bottom of your consciousness. When you feel it coming, turn your focus to your breath. Breathe in deeply to bring your mind home to your body. Then look at, or think of, the person triggering this emotion: with mindfulness, you can see that they are unhappy and suffering. You can see their wrong perceptions. You'll feel motivated by a desire to say or do something to help the other person suffer less. This means compassionate energy has been born in your heart. And when compassion appears, anger is deleted.

Meditation is to be aware of what is going on in your body, in your feelings, in your mind, and in the world.

We will not just say, "I love him very much," but instead, "I will do something so that he will suffer less." The mind of compassion is truly present when it is effective in removing another person's suffering.