The body sleeps, the heart sleeps, the mind sleeps - but you remain alert because you are nothing else but alertness. Everything else is a false identification. Awareness is your nature. The body is your abode. The mind is your computer. Awareness;s you, is your very being.

Only man has become an outsider - and because of his own efforts. On his own, he has separated himself from existence.

The perfectionist is another name for someone who is getting ready to become mad.

To me there is nothing more sacred than love and laughter, and there is nothing more prayerful than playfulness.

If you ask Zen people they will say; tea is not something that you pour with unawareness and drink like any other drink. It is not a drink, it is meditation; it is prayer. So they listen to the kettle creating a melody, and in that listening they become more silent, more alert.

Consciousness means choicelessness, and to be choiceless is to be free from all desire, is to be free from all projection, is to be free from all imagination, is to be free from future.

Life is a garden. It is an opportunity. You can grow weeds, you can grow roses; it all depends on you.