Meeting people in a genuine way and feeling like there is a vital and meaningful connection going on makes me come alive.

It's interesting that people bring different things to oppressive and difficult situations, when they're reduced to the barest terms of survival. That's what provides tension in a lot of films.

You should never use the word Karma when talking about someone else, it's only a concept you should apply to yourself as a matter of investigation.

Mindfulness helps us get better at seeing the difference between what’s happening and the stories we tell ourselves about what’s happening, stories that get in the way of direct experience. Often such stories treat a fleeting state of mind as if it were our entire and permanent self.

We do good because it frees the heart. It opens us to a wellspring of happiness.

Throughout our lives we long to love ourselves more deeply and to feel connected with others. Instead, we often contract, fear intimacy, and suffer a bewildering sense of separation. We crave love, and yet we are lonely. Our delusion of being separate from one another, of being apart from all that is around us, gives rise to all of this pain.

People turn to meditation because they want to make good decisions, break bad habits & bounce back better from disappointments.