To relinquish the futile effort to control change is one of the strengthening forces of true detachment & thus true love.

It's easy for us to feel separate from other people and from other forms of life, especially if we don't have a reliable connection to our own inner world. Without insight into our internal cycles of pleasure and pain, desires and fears, there is a strong sense of being removed, apart or disconnected. When we do have an understanding of our inner lives, it provides an intuitive opening, even without words, to the ties that exist between ourselves and others.

The difference between misery and happiness depends on what we do with our attention.

My earliest experiences in meditation were in a context of intensive retreats.

The movement of the heart as we practice generosity in the outer world mirrors the movement of the heart when we let go of conditioned views about ourselves on our inner journey. Letting go creates a joyful sense of space in our minds

Compassion isn't morose; it's something replenishing and opening; that's why it makes us happy.

Voting is like alchemy - taking an abstract value and breathing life into it.