We live in an age of knowledge, with the great god Google, that we can refer to at any time on any subject.

The American culture especially, and Western culture in general, urges us to not only become the best that we can be, but also win against the competition.

When the heart opens, we forget ourselves and the world pours in: this world, and also the invisible world of meaning that sustains everything that was and ever shall be.

I certainly spent many years in my early life chasing all over the globe for meaning and purpose. I'd feel like I'd found it, then it would fade away again.

Be willing to be where you actually are. In my experience, that is the most inherently meaningful experience you can have.

If you allow yourself to fully feel the life you're in - not conceptually, but viscerally in the present moment - then that is inherently meaningful.

Each of us is already special in the sense that nobody has the unique pattern of potentialities that anyone else has.