Feeling irritated, restless, afraid, and hopeless is a reminder to listen more carefully.

Share the wealth. Be generous with your joy. Give away what you most want. Be generous with your insights and delights.

We tend to forget that we are part of the natural scheme of things.

Most of us do not take these situations as teachings. We automatically hate them. We run like crazy. We use all kinds of ways to escape - all addictions stem from this moment when we meet our edge and we just can't stand it. We feel we have to soften it, pad it with something, and we become addicted to whatever it is that seems to ease the pain.

Most spiritual experiences begin with suffering. They begin with groundlessness. They begin when the rug has been pulled out from under us.

This moving away from comfort and security, this stepping out into what is unknown, uncharted and shaky - that's called liberation.

In meditation and in our daily lives there are three qualities that we can nurture, cultivate, and bring out. We already possess these, but they can be ripened: precision, gentleness, and the ability to let go.