It is possible that in the 21st Century the Earth will not be inhabited by humans. One of the great mystics of India, a very simple man up in the mountains, somebody once asked him about the future. He said there will come a time when you'll walk five miles and you may see a light and you'll be so happy to know another being exists.

When we practice dying, we are learning to identify less with Ego and more with Soul

I experience each moment like baklava: rich in this layer, and this layer, and this layer.

I feel vulnerable because my mind - because of the stroke, my mind doesn't focus. And then I feel vulnerable because I don't understand the world around me.

When our hearts open, when we know that we are in fact the world, when we experience the pain of others in our own blood and muscle, we are feeling compassion.

I would like my life to be a statement of love and compassion--and where it isn't, that's where my work lies.

Suffering is part of our training program for becoming wise.