All you need to know is that the future is wide open and you are about to create it by what you do.

By not knowing, not hoping to know and not acting like we know what's happening, we begin to access our inner strength.

Since death is certain and the time of death is uncertain, what is the most important thing?

When we start out on a spiritual path we often have ideals we think we're supposed to live up to. We feel we're supposed to be better than we are in some way. But with this practice you take yourself completely as you are. Then ironically, taking in pain - breathing it in for yourself and all others in the same boat as you are heightens your awareness of exactly where you're stuck.

Unconditional good heart toward others is not even a possibility unless we attend to our own demons.

Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth

All ego really is, is our opinions, which we take to be solid, real, and the absolute truth about how things are.