Not causing harm requires staying awake. Part of being awake is slowing down enough to notice what we say and do. The more we witness our emotional chain reactions and understand how they work, the easier it is to refrain. It becomes a way of life to stay awake, slow down, and notice.

If someone comes along and shoots an arrow into your heart, it's fruitless to stand there and yell at the person. It would be much better to turn your attention to the fact that there's an arrow in your heart.

If you work with your mind, instead of trying to change everything on the outside, that's how your temper will cool down.

The ego seeks to divide and separate. Spirit seeks to unify and heal.

The future is completely open and we are writing it moment to moment.

Lower your standards and relax as it is.

Somehow, in the process of trying to deny that things are always changing, we lose our sense of the sacredness of life. We tend to forget that we are part of the natural scheme of things.