Those who wish to change things may face disappointment, loss, or even ridicule. If you are ahead of your time, people laugh as often as they applaud, and being there first is usually lonely. But our protection cannot come between us and our purpose. Right protection is something within us rather than something between us and the world, more about finding a place of refuge and strength than finding a hiding place.

Befriending life is less a matter of knowledge than a question of wisdom. It is not about mastering life, controlling it or exerting our will over it, no matter how well intentioned our will may be. Befriending life is more about harmlessness than it is about control.

The sacred lives beyond labels and judgment, in the wood-of-no-names.

People are waking up in their homes - without conferences. They're waking up because life is waking them up, not because of some conference called "Body and Soul."

What we do to survive is often different from what we may need to do in order to live.

When we know ourselves to be connected to all others, acting compassionately is simply the natural thing to do.

Of course love is never earned. It is a grace we give one another. Anything we need to earn is only approval.