What the word God means is the mystery really. It's the mystery that we face as humans the mystery of existence, of suffering and of death.

By acting compassionately, by helping to restore justice and to encourage peace, we are acknowledging that we are all part of one another.

Science and religion both teach that we are all interconnected, and thus interdependent. And at the very core, we are all One. But how do we live as if we know this?

I help people as a way to work on myself, and I work on myself to help people... To me, that's what the emerging game is all about.

It's very different because the Indians live as if they are their souls and Americans live as if they are their egos.

One cultivates spaciousness or awareness which allows you to acknowledge the emotions and see them as part of the human condition. Emotions are like subtle thought forms and they all arise in response to something outside yourself. They are all reactions. You cultivate a quietness in yourself that watches these emotions rising and falling and passing away.

Everything in your life is there as a vehicle for your transformation. Use it!