The saddest part about being human is not paying attention. Presence is the gift of life.

That which is impermanent attracts compassion. That which is not provides wisdom. (116)

Healing is bringing mercy and Awareness into that which we have held in judgment and fear.

Our work is to keep our hearts open in hell.

Until we find out who was born this time around, it seems irrelevant to seek earlier identities. I have heard many people speak of who they believe they were in previous incarnations, but they seem to have very little idea of who they are in this one. . . . Let’s take one life at a time. Perhaps the best way to do that is to live as though there were no afterlife or reincarnation. To live as though this moment was all that was allotted. (132)

Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me. There is nothing to do but be.

It is not for the concept, but for the experience, that we use the term the Beloved. The experience of this enormity we falteringly label divine is unconditioned love. Absolute openness, unbounded mercy and compassion. We use this concept, not to name the unnameable vastness of being-- our greatest joy-- but to acknowledge and claim as our birthright the wonders and healings within.