My guru said that when he suffers, it brings him closer to God. I have found this, too.

After one arrives at the summit, after going through the total transformation of being...there is yet one more step to the completion of that journey: the return to the valley below, to the everyday world. Who it is that returns is not who began the climb in the first place. The being that comes back is quietness itself, is compassion and wisdom, is the truth of the ages. Whatever humble or elevated position that being holds within the community, he or she becomes a light for others on the way a statement of the freedom that comes from having touched the top of the mountain.

We gain internal freedom through external actions.

We've gotten lost in our Ego and have forgotten that our Soul's only motive is to merge with the Beloved.

The gift you offer another person is just your being.

Gratitude opens your heart, and opening your heart is a wonderful and easy way for God to slip in.

The spiritual journey is individual, highly personal. It can't be organized or regulated. It isn't true that everyone should follow one path. Listen to your own truth.