Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth

Now is the only time. How we relate to it creates the future.

So many of us start along the spiritual path because we are suffering. But you must realize that for real healing to occur, there must first be deep compassion for yourself, especially the parts of yourself you dislike or consider ugly.

We can stop struggling with what occurs and see its true face without calling it the enemy. It helps to remember that our spiritual practice is not about accomplishing anything - not about winning or losing - but about ceasing to struggle and relaxing as it is. That is what we are doing when we sit down to meditate. That attitude spreads into the rest of our lives.

At some point, we realize that what we do for ourselves benefits others, and what we do for others benefits us.

When you have made good friends with yourself, your situation will be more friendly too.

To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest.