We're fascinated by the words--but where we meet is in the silence behind them.

I see my life as an unfolding set of opportunities to awaken.

Unconditional love really exists in each of us. It is part of our deep inner being. It is not so much an active emotion as a state of being. It's not 'I love you' for this or that reason, not 'I love you if you love me.' It's love for no reason, love without an object.

At first you think that your sadhana Is a limited part of your life. In time you realize that Everything you do is part of your sadhana.

I think that people will find a tremendous joy and fulfillment in service to other human beings, and that often this is what is missing in their lives.

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.