A Tibetan Lama said to me, "The best place to stand, Ram Dass, is halfway between hope and hopelessness." So I can write a scenario for the 21st century in either direction. One is that it all goes to hell and that it's truly the dark age.

Truth is scary. Truth has bad breath at times

You may have expected that enlightenment would come ZAP! instantaneous and permanent.This is unlikely.After the first ah ha expereince, it can be thougth of as a thinning of a layer of clouds.

If we can give up attachment to our roles as helpers, then maybe our clients can give up attachment to their roles as patients

Who you think you are will always be frightened of change. But it doesn't make any difference to who you truly are.

Don't take yourself so personally.

The way you come to fully appreciate the infusion of the Spirit is to more and more come fully into the moment, where this moment is enough.