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

Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know. Even if we run a hundred miles an hour to the other side of the continent, we find the very same problem awaiting us when we arrive.

The biggest obstacle to taking a bigger perspective on life is that our emotions capture and blind us.

It isn't what happens to us that causes us to suffer; it's what we say to ourselves about what happens.

Times are difficult globally; awakening is no longer a luxury or an ideal. It’s becoming critical. We don’t need to add more depression, more discouragement, or more anger to what’s already here. It’s becoming essential that we learn how to relate sanely with difficult times. The earth seems to be beseeching us to connect with joy and discover our innermost essence. This is the best way that we can benefit others.

If you ask why we meditate, I would say it's so we can become more flexible and tolerant to the present moment.

When we scratch the wound and give into our addictions we do not allow the wound to heal.