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 I look at my life, I see that I wanted to be free of the physical plane, the psychological plane, and when I got free of those I didn't want to go anywhere near them.

It's all real and it's all illusory: that's Awareness!

Birth, death, and suffering all bring us to the very edge of what our minds can understand.

Suffering brings your heart to bear. It gets you where you are!

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

There are no accidents whatsoever in the universe.