Survival means the survival of human kind as a whole, not just a part of it. If the South cannot survive, then the North is going to crumble. If countries of Third World cannot pay their debts, you are going to suffer here in the North. If you do not take care of the Third World, your well-being is not going to last, and you will not be able to continue living in the way you have been much longer. It is leaping out at us already. You cannot leave the job to the governments or the political scientists alone. You have to do it yourself.

To be spiritual means to be solid, calm, and peaceful and to be able to look deeply inside and around us.

The necessary condition for the existence of peace and joy is the awareness that peace and joy are available.

When you love someone, the best thing you can offer is your presence. How can you love if you are not there?

Meditation means to look deeply, to touch deeply, so we can realize we are already home.

When we walk like (we are rushing), we print anxiety and sorrow on the earth. We have to walk in a way that we only print peace and serenity on the earth... Be aware of the contact between your feet and the earth. Walk as if you are kissing the earth with your feet.

The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.