We use mindfulness to observe the way we cling to pleasant experiences & push away unpleasant ones.

Training our mind through meditation does not mean forcibly subjugating it or beating it into shape.

Often we can achieve an even better result when we stumble yet are willing to start over, when we don't give up after a mistake, when something doesn't come easily but we throw ourselves into trying, when we're not afraid to appear less than perfectly polished.

Each of us has a genuine capacity for love, forgiveness, wisdom and compassion. Meditation awakens these qualities so that we can discover for ourselves the unique happiness that is our birthright.

Loving kindness is the spirit of friendship toward yourself and others.

Even on the spiritual path, we have things we'll tend to cover up or be in denial about.

Detachment is not about refusing to feel or not caring or turning away from those you love. Detachment is profoundly honest, grounded firmly in the truth of what is.