Meditation isn't to disappear into the light. Meditation is to see all of what we are.

When the heart acknowledges how much pain there is in the mind, it turns like a mother toward a frightened child.

Quoting son, Noah Levine: Once you see what the heart really needs, it doesn’t matter if you’re going to live or die, the work is always the same. (25)

Our work is to keep our hearts open in hell.

Gratitude is the state of mind of thankfulness. As it is cultivated, we experience an increase in our "sympathetic joy," our happiness at another's happiness. Just as in the cultivation of compassion, we may feel the pain of others, so we may begin to feel their joy as well. And it doesn't stop there.

Understanding is the ultimate seduction of the mind. Go to the truth beyond the mind.

In Chinese, the word for heart and mind is the same -- Hsin. For when the heart is open and the mind is clear they are of one substance, of one essence.