Awareness is the key. Do we see the stories that we're telling ourselves and question their validity?

We work on ourselves in order to help others, but also we help others in order to work on ourselves.

We don't experience the world fully unless we are willing to give everything away.

Fear itself is the vanguard of wisdom

Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.

Next, feel your heart, literally placing your hand on your chest if you find that helpful. This is a way of accepting yourself just as you are in that moment, a way of saying, "This is my experience right now, and it's okay." Then go into the next moment without any agenda.

The idea of karma is that you continually get the teaching that you need to open your heart.