Compassion and pity are very different. Whereas compassion reflects the yearning of the heart to merge and take on some of the suffering, pity is a controlled set of thoughts designed to assure separateness. Compassion is the spontaneous response of love; pity, the involuntary reflex of fear.

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

Creativity springs from the yearning to be the fullness of who you are.

The resistance to the unpleasant situation is the root of suffering.

External silence can be the doorway to inner silence.

The fun is having friends who help each other get free.

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