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."

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

Each of us holds human destiny in our hands. It will be completely determined by how the mind feels about itself.

A lot of times people do spiritual practice just for themselves. I try to turn that a little bit. I try to make spiritual practice more a part of the community. I write about infusing people with compassion.

There are no boundaries-only possibilities

You have people who are good at English but don't have the training in Buddhism or Shambhala, or they have the training but are not good in English. Getting that mixture is really rare.

People can be trained in certain principles, but then they actually have to apply them and try them out.