It's very hard to grow, because it's difficult to let go of the models of ourselves in which we've invested so heavily.

My guru is in my imagination anywhere. Anywhere.

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

What the word God means is the mystery really. It's the mystery that we face as humans the mystery of existence, of suffering and of death.

I like walking in the pool. That isn't what makes me feel spiritual. But alive.

The universe is made up of experiences that are designed to burn out your attachment, your clinging, to pleasure, to pain, to fear, to all of it. And as long as there is a place where you’re vulnerable, the universe will find a way to confront you with it.

We're being trained through our incarnations--trained to seek love, trained to seek light, trained to see the grace in suffering.