Hatred and fear blind us. We no longer see each other. We see only the faces of monsters, and that gives us the courage to destroy each other.

The present moment contains past and future. The secret of transformation, is in the way we handle this very moment.

In us, there is a river of feelings, in which every drop of water is a different feeling, and each feeling relies on all the others for its existence. To observe it, we just sit on the bank of the river and identify each feeling as it surfaces, flows by, and disappears.

We all need a place that is safe and wholesome enough for us to return for refuge. In Buddhism, that refuge is mindfulness.

To reconcile conflicting parties, we must have the ability to understand the suffering of both sides.

Transformations is the word. We can do the work of transformation only in the present moment

When we give ourselves the chance to let go of all our tension, the body's natural capacity to heal itself can begin to work.