Counseling has to do with intuition, with work on oneself, with the quietness of one's mind and the openness of one's heart.

The spiritual journey is individual, highly personal. It can't be organized or regulated. It isn't true that everyone should follow one path. Listen to your own truth.

The root of compassion is not empathy; that is kindness. Kindness is great, but it is not the ultimate compassion. Ultimate compassion relieves the suffering that comes from separateness. The suffering that comes from separateness is relieved only when you are fully present with another person, not when you are separately present.

When you know how to listen everyone is the guru

Emotions are like waves. Watch them disappear in the distance on the vast calm ocean.

Our thinking minds deprive us of the happiness that comes when we are living fully in the moment.

Fear of death only comes through the brittleness of the ego.