A book very much is the center of the road, so people always can refer back to it.

A lot of people do their practice. They meditate on compassion. Then they yell at people afterwards. That is not quite working. One of the things I try to emphasize is contemplative meditation - bringing your thought and intention into meditation.

Being fooled into trying to make things work out for 'me' is called samsara.

The notion of auspiciousness is something positive, something with forward momentum, coming out of our actions.

This is bravery: using the challenge of daily life to sharpen our mind and open our heart.

Many people think spirituality has nothing to do with success or accomplishing - that it's something you do with removal, with leaving the world.

I write about whatever is timely - whatever is happening at the time for me - with what the expressive feeling is.