You look at the tree and you allow it. You see why it is the way it is.

If you rest in the silence inside, all those you meet will have their spiritual hearts resuscitated.

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

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

The root of compassion is not empathy; that is kindness. Kindness is great, but it is not the ultimate compassion. Ultimate compassion relieves the suffering that comes from separateness. The suffering that comes from separateness is relieved only when you are fully present with another person, not when you are separately present.

When you get old, everything changes - your body changes, your family changes. You can't do what you've always done, anymore. And, either you can complain about things changing - or you can be content. Instead of complaining, you can say: "Oh, yesss! Look at all this change!" You can welcome it.

If we can give up attachment to our roles as helpers, then maybe our clients can give up attachment to their roles as patients