The self-assured strength that grows from knowing that we already have what we need makes us gentle, because we are no longer desperate.

If ruling our world stems from developing certainty in our sanity, how do we discover it? The Shambhala teachings instruct us to "put our mind of fearfulness in the cradle of loving-kindnes."

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

Movement is good for the body. Stillness is good for the mind.

Sometimes it seems like most people are being pulled into a negative energy, but then you meet strong individuals or strong leaders and they are free from it.

Our root fantasy is that "I" am real and that it's possible for "me" to be happy.

The first thing you have to do is acknowledge the basic and fundamental goodness of all beings. If you don't, then you are going to have conflict. That's at the core of Shambhala.