Ego could be defined as whatever covers up basic goodness. From an experiential point of view, what is ego covering up? It's covering up our experience of just being here, just fully being where we are, so that we can relate with the immediacy of our experience. Egolessness is a state of mind that has complete confidence in the sacredness of the world. It is unconditional well being, unconditional joy that includes all the different qualities of our experience.

You could begin to notice whenever you find yourself blaming others or justifying yourself. If you spent the rest of your life just noticing that and letting it be a way to uncover the silliness of the human condition-the tragic yet comic drama that we all continually buy into-you could develop a lot of wisdom and a lot of kindness as well as a great sense of humor.

To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest.

We cannot be present and run our story-line at the same time.

The essence of bravery is being without self-deception.

According to the Buddhist belief, you can go on and on indefinitely, so you see your life as just a brief moment in time.

Feel the wounded heart that's underneath the addiction, self-loathing, or anger.