We kill each other over which name to call the Nameless.

The ego is a tool. You don't separate it. It's a tool for the spirit.

Compassion refers to the arising in the heart of the desire to relieve the suffering of all beings.

The person who says, 'I'm enlightened' probably isn't.

The thinking mind is what is busy. You have to stay in your heart. You have to be in your heart. Be in your heart. The rest is up here in your head where you are doing, doing, doing.

The offering up or cleaning up ego stuff is called purification. Purification is the act of letting go. This is done out of discriminative awareness. That is, you understand that you are an entity passing through a life in which the entire drama is an offering for your awakening.

I used to be afraid of things like strokes, but I've now discovered that the fear of the stroke is worse than the stroke itself.