The richness of a moment comes when it's both full and empty at the same time. The truth is, we live simultaneously in time and timelessness.

The ego is frightened by death, because ego is part of the incarnation and ends with it. That is why we learn to identify with our soul, as the soul continues after death. For the soul, death is just another moment.

If we are to help heal the world, we need to remember that it is a sacred place. Our actions need to be positive statements, reminders that even in the worst times there is a world worth struggling for.

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.

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

Each person tells you who they think they are, and who they think you are.

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