We are motivated more by aversion to the unpleasant than by a will toward truth, freedom, or healing. We are constantly attempting to escape our life, to avoid rather than enter our pain we, and we wonder why it is so difficult to be fully alive. (43)

[D]on’t cling to your self-righteous suffering, let it go. . . . Nothing is too good to be true, let yourself be forgiven. To the degree you insist that you must suffer, you insist on the suffering of others as well. (90)

What is it like after you die? Just like it was before you were born.

When your fear touches someone’s pain, it becomes pity, when your love touches someone’s pain, it become compassion.

We are motivated more by aversion to the unpleasant than by a will toward truth, freedom, or healing. We are constantly attempting to escape our life, to avoid rather than enter our pain we, and we wonder why it is so difficult to be fully alive. (43)

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

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