I fall into all kinds of inauthenticity when I conspire to forget my mortality.

Human beings are what I think of as "biomythic" animals: we're controlled largely by the stories we tell. When we get the story wrong, we get out of harmony with the rest of the natural order.

We learn to fly not by being fearless, but by the daily practice of courage.

The telling of your stories is a revolutionary act.

The major impediment to experiencing the sacred depths of ordinary moments is the speed and distraction of contemporary life that moves to the imperatives of the global economic order.In addition, we increasingly live in a virtual world in which our reality is filtered through media and information technology.

The sense of gratitude produces true spiritual alchemy, makes us magnanimous - large souled.

The first part of the spiritual journey should properly be called psychological rather than spiritual because it involves peeling away the myths and illusions that have misinformed us.