I look at you, and I see in you the yearning to get back to God. That yearning is love.
At the moment when there's nothing more to lose, the Ego breaks open - and then we see who we are behind who we thought we were.
My life is a creative act--like a painting, or a concerto.
Until we know that we can bear the unbearable, we're always running scared.
I used to be afraid of things like strokes, but I've now discovered that the fear of the stroke is worse than the stroke itself.
We come into relationships often very much identified with our needs. I need this, I need security, I need refuge, I need friendship. And all of relationships are symbiotic in that sense. We come together because we fulfill each others' needs at some level or other.