Religions are founded by what mystics say when they come back; but what the mystics say is not the same as what happened to them.

Along with faith comes the requirement for dogged persistence. At first meditation may bring you mild highs or some relief from suffering. But there may come a time - just as there does in the development of any skill - when there will be a plateau. You may be bored, discouraged, or even negative and cynical. This is when you will need not only faith, but persistence.

As long as you have certain desires about how it ought to be you can't see how it is.

There is only one of us. One consciousness manifesting into different forms.

In an evolutionary perspective, the rational mind takes a certain distance and no further, & we must be able to transcend it.

Religions are founded by what mystics say when they come back; but what the mystics say is not the same as what happened to them.

Allowing dying to be so intensely present enriches both the preciousness of each moment and our detachment from it.