Anyone who stands on the edge of the unknown, fully in the present without reference point, experiences groundlessness. That's when our understanding goes deeper, when we find that the present moment is a pretty vulnerable place and that this can be completely unnerving and completely tender at the same time.

If you work with your mind, that will alleviate all the suffering that seems to come from the outside.

The still lake without ripples is an image of our minds at ease, so full of unlimited friendliness for all the junk at the bottom of the lake that we don't feel the need to churn up the waters just to avoid looking at what's there.

Compassion starts with making friends with ourselves.

To put it concisely, we suffer when we resist the noble and irrefutable truth of impermanence and death.

All the wars, all the hatred, all the ignorance in the world come out of being so invested in our opinions.

You see, there really is no separation between you and everyone else.