We hold on to hope, and hope robs us of the present moment.

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

Tonglen practice begins to dissolve the illusion that each of us is alone with this personal suffering that no one else can understand.

There's a reason you can learn from everything: you have basic wisdom, basic intelligence, and basic goodness.

Are you experiencing restlessness? Stay! Are fear and loathing out of control? Stay! Aching knees and throbbing back? Stay! What's for lunch? Stay! I can't stand this another minute! Stay!

By not knowing, not hoping to know and not acting like we know what's happening, we begin to access our inner strength.

By becoming intimate with how we close down and how we open up, we awaken our unlimited potential.