My work as a human being is to quiet my mind, open my heart and do what I can to relieve the suffering with as much wisdom, skill, whatever I got.

All spiritual practices are illusions created by illusionists to escape illusion.

The art of life is to stay wide open and be vulnerable, yet at the same time to sit with the mystery and the awe and with the unbearable pain - to just be with it all.

We've gotten lost in our Ego and have forgotten that our Soul's only motive is to merge with the Beloved.

It's only when caterpillarness is done that one becomes a butterfly. That again is part of this paradox. You cannot rip away caterpillarness. The whole trip occurs in an unfolding process of which we have no control.

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

If you want to see how enlightened you are, go spend a week with your family.