I would say that the thrust of my life has been initially about getting free, and then realizing that my freedom is not independent of everybody else. Then I am arriving at that circle where one works on oneself as a gift to other people so that one doesn't create more suffering. I help people as a work on myself and I work on myself to help people.

These are planes of consciousness, and I think human beings exist on two planes of consciousness, the soul and the ego.

I experience each moment like baklava: rich in this layer, and this layer, and this layer.

The giving and receiving is the tricky thing. It's not the gift. It's what the heart says in giving the gift, and from my point of view, one doesn't give or receive - that's a role we have to play. But the gift - it's God's gift. I think that it's better to be souls than roles.

Caring is a reflex. Someone slips, your arm goes out. A car is in the ditch, you join others and push... You live, you help.

A feeling of aversion or attachment toward something is your clue that there's work to be done.

Each of us finds his unique vehicle for sharing with others his bit of wisdom.