Meditation practice isn’t about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better. It’s about befriending who we are already. The ground of practice is you or me or whoever we are right now, just as we are. That’s the ground, that’s what we study, that’s what we come to know with tremendous curiosity and interest.

The real thing that we renounce is the tenacious hope that we could be saved from being who we are.

Discomfort of any kind becomes the basis for practice. We breathe in knowing our pain is shared.

Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing.

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

Anyone who stands on the edge of the unknown, fully in the present without reference point, experiences groundlessness. That's when our understanding goes deeper, when we find that the present moment is a pretty vulnerable place and that this can be completely unnerving and completely tender at the same time.

If your mind is expansive and unfettered, you will find yourself in a more accommodating world, a place that's endlessly interesting and alive. That quality isn't inherent in the place but in your state of mind.